A large part of the speculation about Apple Inc. for 2009 covers the hardware. You just know that the iMac is overdue for a refresh, and the long-neglected Mac mini is likely to get one as well. Beyond that, perhaps there will be a unibody version of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, some new Apple displays […]

There are fascinating Mac rumors afoot these days, topped with the report that Apple’s next reference operating system release may arrive sooner than expected, perhaps as early as the first quarter of next year. The claim is based on a slide presentation delivered at a San Diego conference last week that featured Apple’s director of Unix […]

The actual number of Macs sold this past quarter will be revealed next week, when Apple releases its most recent quarterly sales figures. Will the figures show an increase, a dip in the face of the introduction of Windows Vista, or just the status quo? To be sure, both analysts and regular people alike — […]

All right, the dust has settled. Many of you agree with me that Amazon Unboxed is poised to be an abject failure, although you never know about such things. But now that Apple has refreshed the iPod line, added higher-resolution movie downloads, and Steve Jobs has proved to us that he is still healthy enough […]