The conventional wisdom has it that Microsoft is fearless, that they are capable of doing whatever it takes to be successful in the industry. The main example of this is the huge market share for Windows, but it’s also true that Apple has been busily building its market share too, and there’s been a steady […]

In the scheme of things, the day an operating system is released probably isn’t terribly significant. But since there was a huge publicity run-up to Tiger’s debut, April 29th was important for many of you. But now, as the Tiger era ends its first three months, maybe it’s time to sit back and take stock […]

Three weeks after installing Tiger, I have found it incredibly stable, and, as some have observed, snappier on my Power Mac G5. Despite this rosy picture, a number of applications had to be updated because of compatibility problems of one sort or another. Fortunately, I haven’t had to deal with these issues, but a lot […]

After days and and days of glowing reviews, you had to expect that someone, somewhere, would criticize Tiger as something you should avoid. It all started with reports that Tiger had problems with VPN, the technique used by employees of larger firms to connect to their corporate networks. Not Apple’s own tools, but third party […]