A day before the event happened, there was growing speculation of a minor refresh for the MacBook Air. The chatter centered on a very modest processor upgrade, using the very same Haswell chip family that powered the 2013 versions. And, on Tuesday morning, it happened. It was a sort of 100/100 deal, with processor speeds […]

So the cultural meme has it that Apple products are notoriously overpriced, and you can do far better if you go elsewhere. That scene has played itself out for years, and even though Apple remains extremely profitable, the demands for cheaper prices just won’t stop. At the same time industry analysts state that Apple must […]

The other day, a blogger for a certain popular online publication listed five tablets that allegedly presented compelling alternatives to the iPad 3. After reading the article — and it doesn’t deserve a link — along with  similar rants about how the tech industry can really hold off the iPad onslaught, I’ve come to the […]

There was an article this week that proclaimed so-called “Ultrabooks” as “The Next Big Thing in Portable Tech,” as if such products are brand new and thoroughly innovative. Such stories were inspired by the pomp and circumstance of the presentations of these thin and light note-books during the recent Consumer Electronics Show. In case you […]