So most of you know that the 30th anniversary of the Mac was observed on January 24 of this year. Unlike in previous years, Apple actually paid attention to the event, and had some videos and other information honoring the anniversary on their site. Certainly those of us who were interested in such things in […]

The other day I mentioned a little exchange I had with an online poster who believes that Macs are high-end consumer machines, not suitable for business. As I said at the time, this is the sort of myth that has existed since the very first Mac arrived in 1984. Then it was about the pretty […]

Apple has one advantage in saying very little about future products. It gives the media plenty of space to make things up, or at least attempt to speculate about what form those future products might take. This year’s Apple product focus begins with the next versions of the gear with which we’re already familiar, such […]

Having followed Apple since the 1980s, I often don’t recognize the company described in some of the articles I read. This has been especially true since the passing of Steve Jobs. The meme is that Apple couldn’t have gone so far without Jobs, and thus his absence means the company is toast. Anything that seems […]