As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Mac’s debut in January 1984, it’s a sure thing that there were lots and lots of changes during that period. Some might even call them revolutionary, since Apple has never objected to making huge changes when they deemed it appropriate. In some cases, the changes were mostly […]

Back in the early days, your expandable Mac came with technologies that other personal computers didn’t always contain, such as NuBus for peripheral cards for graphics and other tasks and SCSI for such devices as external hard drives and scanners. There were also the proprietary ADB ports for input devices. But with the introduction of […]

There are two things that are certain. Apple loves Friday for shipping operating system upgrades, and they were going to deliver Leopard by hook or crook before the end of the month. So these two events have coalesced with the unsurprising news that Leopard will officially arrive on October 26 at 6:00 PM local time […]

In writing about the problems Microsoft is facing in finishing up Windows Vista, some of you have mistaken this for a Mac zealots versus PC zealots issue. But that’s not true. Vista’s troubled development process is well known, and when people recognized as Windows experts find serious issues with stability, performance and the user interface, […]