It is easy for Mac users to declare anything that emerges from the software mines at Microsoft to be junk, a poor imitation of the Mac OS. This is a knee-jerk reaction, to be sure, although a lot of it seems to be based on fact. At the same time, the largest software developer has […]

Before you dismiss this commentary as the rantings of another Mac fanatic, hear me out. I do not have a knee-jerk position about Microsoft. In fact, they can produce some really good products from time to time, when they allow for true innovation, which is not the stuff Bill Gates talks about. They have thousands […]

To be sure, Mac users have had to undergo lots of change in the past twelve years. First there was that transition from 680×0 to PowerPC. It meant that applications had to be recoded to support the new processor technology, and the older stuff, even most of the operating system, ran in emulation. At first, […]

Apple has raised expectations about its next operating system big time by the release of Boot Camp. It was sufficient to change the dialog and certainly divert attention from Windows Vista, except that one now assumes it will run on Intel-based Macs whenever it is finally released. Aside from a way to run Windows with […]