The question lots of you were waiting for has finally been answered. There’s now an eight-core option for the Mac Pro, something that’s been a long time coming. But there’s a good reason why this product took so long to arrive, and it’s not because Apple was cooling its heels or developing a major upgrade […]

Years ago, when I first arrived in Arizona, I visited the Scottsdale school district, which, at the time, was a showpiece for Mac technology. It has since gone to Windows, but that’s another story replete with the usual amount of political byplay. In the end, they were hoodwinked into thinking that kids should be using […]

Call me an optimist, but I think Apple has done an excellent job transitioning its note-book computers to Intel processors. Yes, I know some of you readers remain upset that the earliest production runs of the MacBook Pro weren’t quite as reliable as you hoped. But all in all, Apple has done what some might […]

In the past, processor emulation has gotten a bad rap for good reasons. Consider Microsoft’s Virtual PC for the Mac, which epitomizes languid performance. But if you think it’s bad, try some of the other PC emulators, even the ones that are loudly proclaimed as Universal binaries fully compatible with MacIntels. Of course, way back […]