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    Newsletter Issue #736: About Those Overpriced Macs

    January 6th, 2014

    The story continues. Macs are expensive and PCs are cheap. If you just want a basic computer to get online, run Word, and handle email, you can do perfectly fine with an entry-level Dell, and I see them for as little as $329.99 at the company’s online store. Compare that, they tell you, to the […]


    The Tech Industry Depends on Apple for Innovation

    January 2nd, 2014

    You’d think what with tens of thousands of talented designers and engineers working for all the major tech companies, including Google and Samsung, that Apple would be only one of many when it comes to real innovation. It would be difficult to believe that no other company has the creativity to make a dent in […]


    The 2014 Tech Report: A Matter of Survival for Apple?

    January 1st, 2014

    I couldn’t help but feel that Apple wouldn’t have a nice time of it when 2013 arrived. First there were reports, never actually confirmed, of severe cutbacks in production of the iPhone 5, thus indicating that sales may not be quite what Apple hoped. But the false claims that the iPhone 5 was unsuccessful dated […]


    The Mac Pro Report: The Apple Tax is a Tax Refund

    December 27th, 2013

    Almost every time someone discusses Apple’s pricing, it is assumed that you can buy similar products from other companies for less. From the release of the very first Mac, you supposedly had to pay more money to go Apple. Indeed, Apple was often attacked for daring to charge extra for Macs and other gear. Now […]