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    Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Give Up on the Mac

    October 14th, 2010

    I have to tell you, my friends, that I do not pretend to be expert at prognostication, certainly not when it comes to assessing Apple’s possible future behavior. So when I read about the next Apple “Back to the Mac” media event, scheduled on Wednesday, October 20 (my late father’s birthday, I might add), I […]


    Do You Still Believe the Experts?

    June 22nd, 2009

    Ahead of this past weekend’s introduction of the iPhone G3 S, some analysts who should know better tried yet again to speculate upon how many units Apple would sell through Sunday. Most of the numbers were in the half million range, but were expanded to as high as 750,000 after AT&T announced they had receivedseveral […]


    So Maybe Apple Didn’t Cave on Pricing

    June 18th, 2009

    I really find it humorous to read some of the chatter about Apple Inc. that suggests they were forced kicking and screaming to slash prices on their uber-expensive note-books at the WWDC. The theory goes that Apple looked at the sales reports and concluded that potential customers were rebelling at paying an Apple Tax, particularly […]


    Newsletter #469 Preview: Announcing the Night Owl’s Microsoft Death Watch

    November 23rd, 2008

    Do you think maybe I’m being a little too lurid with this headline? As they said in that classic movie, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a…” Well, you get the picture, but in this case, I am quite serious. I think Microsoft is in serious trouble, more so because they are so flushed with […]