Before I get started, let me make it quite clear that I do not regard Mac OS X as perfect. I’ve already weighed in on some of my criticisms, and there’s always hope that Leopard will address some of them. However, a few months ago, I offered what I felt were constructive criticisms when someone […]

Did he say two? Yes he did, for in addition to celebrating its 30th anniversary on Saturday, April 1st, Apple this week observes the fifth anniversary of Mac OS X. Yes, it’s hard to imagine that Apple’s “world’s greatest operating system” first made its debut in March, 2001. Now if you want to be highly […]

What if Apple had switched to Intel processors at the very beginning of the Mac OS X era? This may seem a perfectly absurd question, but stay with me now. From a practical standpoint, it may have had disastrous results for developers. Imagine the pain they underwent moving their products from Classic to Mac OS […]

As the first MacBook Pros begin to ship, there is no mystery why Apple continues to trump its rivals. Back in January, when the Intel-based laptop was first introduced, two versions were described and a February delivery date was promised. And you know about promises from computer companies. Microsoft, for example, hasn’t done very well […]