For as long as Apple has been selling hundreds of millions of iPhones, it has always been compared to Samsung. That’s because Samsung sells more product than Apple, at least when it comes to smartphones. They certainly don’t beat Apple with tablets and smartwatches. The reason is simple: Apple builds a small number of iPhone […]

Let’s put this in perspective: When I bought my first Mac in 1989 (I had been using them at the office till then), it was a IIcx that was assembled in the U.S. Apple also built gear in Cork, Ireland as I recall. But I never really paid much attention to where the gear was […]

As you might expect, rumors have begun to appear about the forum or substance of the next Mac Pro and the mythical iMac professional version, or iMac Pro. Now contrary to what you might assume on the basis of the previous sentence, I’ll focus on the latter first. There’s a personal reason why. Back in the summer of […]

Over the years, Apple has been accused of monopolistic practices. It’s really hard to make an assumption of that sort of a company that is not really dominant in most markets it serves. So this has to be put in perspective. So, consider the Mac. Over the years, even in the early days, global market […]