In recent months, I’ve suggested that Apple ought to consider a professional version of the iMac, a model offering higher-end parts to better satisfy the needs of Mac creatives. At first, there wasn’t much response, until Apple called several journalists to their Cupertino, CA campus for a roundtable. During that session, they promised that an […]

When Apple released the Late 2016 MacBook Pro, one major criticism was about using an older processor, Skylake, instead of Kaby Lake, the latest and greatest Intel silicon. Apple also got dinged for its decision to limit memory to 16GB instead of 32GB. There were other criticisms, but Apple was constrained by Intel’s roadmap and its […]

The arguments continue without letup. Apple has lost its ability to innovate. Steve Jobs can never be replaced, and there’s nobody at Apple that can manage the company as well. So the problems are mounting: Apple has slowed the pace of upgrading Macs. iPhone refreshes are modest and not terribly compelling for customers. The iPad? Well, […]

Not so many years ago, there was good reason to upgrade your tech gear fairly often. Each year brought major performance and feature improvements. If you had the cash, you could revel in the glory of all those enhancements. If you hung onto a device for even a few years, you may have felt you […]