With the unexpected (but not surprising) announcement that the Xserve rack-mounted server was being discontinued last week, it is understandable that some are wondering whether Apple is giving up not just a tiny money tree, but corporate credibility. After all, isn’t it true that Apple cares about consumers, not businesses? The reason for the Xserve’s […]

On this week’s episode of The Tech Night Owl LIVE, we talk with Laptop magazine’s Avram Piltch about Apple’s spanking new MacBook Air. Along with reports that the product may already be flying off the shelves, particularly the 11.6-inch version, the early reviews are nothing short of spectacular. Piltch, who is certainly no ardent fan […]

Unlike many tech companies, Apple has a long-range vision. Maybe you didn’t see how the iPod would develop, the ongoing improvements in the iPhone or the path from Mac OS X 10.0 to 10.6, but there’s little doubt Apple had broad concepts about the direction of these products from Day One. I wasn’t surprised when […]

All right, you can be certain that, between now and the actual arrival of iPads for shipping to customers, various and sundry financial and tech pundits will be trying as hard as they can to rip Apple a new one about the product. This is, in large part, a mirror of the six month run […]