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    The WWDC Report #5: A Few Possible Sore Points

    June 12th, 2008

    I suppose I’m lucky, though I’m also broke. You see the Steinberg family recently completed its migration to Intel processors this year, and we’ll be paying the monthly credit card bills for several years as a result. However, it also means that we’ll be able to run Snow Leopard when it ships, whenever it ships. […]


    The WWDC Report #3: Is Snow Leopard An Admission that Leopard is Flawed?

    June 10th, 2008

    In Mac OS X’s relatively brief history, it was a sure thing that each new version would be replete with whizzy new features in addition to the normal range of under-the-hood enhancements. This all reached a peak with 10.5, where Apple boasted over 300 new or improved features. However, Leopard’s stability appears to be a […]


    The WWDC Report #2: Is MobileMe a Big Letdown?

    June 9th, 2008

    Shortly after the WWDC keynote ended Monday morning, an estimated one to two million members of Apple’s .Mac service received an email message from the mother ship, which began: “Today Apple announced a new Internet service called MobileMe — taking the best of .Mac and adding a host of new features. As a current .Mac […]


    The 10.6 Report: Time for Apple to Drop PowerPC Support?

    June 4th, 2008

    Before I get started with this commentary, let me assure you that I never take any of my predictions seriously. Yet it seems as if The Night Owl caught a wave with one particular article, and now other sites, including the standard rumor sources, are getting into the act. So what am I talking about? […]