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    The Mac Hardware Report: About those Audio Jacks!

    September 24th, 2009

    In talking with David Biedny for an episode of The Tech Night Owl LIVE, I came to realize that he had twice encountered a hardware issue similar to one I’ve faced. That’s the ease with which the audio input or output jack on a Mac note-book can break. Here’s what I mean: My 2006 17-inch […]


    Newsletter #462 Preview: Is Apple Finally Learning How to Listen to You?

    October 5th, 2008

    On quite a number of occasions, Steve Jobs has said that Apple listens to its customers. In fact, he’s mentioned some examples when it comes to new product features and changes. Surely, when he made some unbelievably flippant remarks about last year’s major price cut to the iPhone, that it was the price early adopters […]


    Apple’s Missing Feature

    September 10th, 2008

    In talking with our Special Correspondent, David Biedny for this week’s episode of The Tech Night Owl LIVE, he presented a well-reasoned rant about a significant feature lacking in Apple hardware. Worse, this particular item can be found on competing music players, cell phones and PCs. What am I talking about? Well, on the iPod […]


    Newsletter #454 Preview: Here We Go Again: Revisiting Mac Versus PC Prices

    August 10th, 2008

    In recent months, I’ve come to believe that most people finally understand that Macs and PCs are comparably priced when comparably equipped. That is, until I read some more of that silly fiction that attempts to convey precisely the reverse, that Apple is the BMW, and the PC is the Ford, and that the former […]