Apple’s recent decisions raise the question about what they might give up on next? So there are no more Thunderbolt displays — or any displays with the Apple brand — and Apple has worked with LG to produce 4K and 5K displays with the proper features to support the new MacBook Pros and other gear. In recent […]

Apple made a point of reminding us that the first Apple laptop arrived 25 years ago, but it was not the first portable Mac. Ignored by CEO Tim Cook in his presentation at Thursday’s media event, there was once something called the Macintosh Portable, released two years earlier; it was hardly portable. But if you’re referring to a […]

When does a Retina display hit critical mass? Well, Apple and other smartphone makers have been selling mobile gear with Retina displays, meaning you can’t see the individual pixels at normal viewing distances, for several years. The price of your iPhone, or iPad, never changed. You just got more value for the same money. To […]

Ahead of Monday’s Apple media event, it seemed to be all about Apple Watch. Now that it’s over and done with, it’s also clear Apple is making big investments into the future of the Mac, and, in fact, appears to be pointing into a probable direction for PC technology. So when you look at the […]