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    Does a Hacktinosh Point to the Solution to Apple’s Mac Pro Dilemma?

    May 2nd, 2017

    I don’t have to repeat the obvious. Better late than never, Apple finally came to realize that its 2013 revision to the Mac Pro was a big misfire. Well, they didn’t use those terms, but it was the polar opposite of the previous version. Where the so-called cheese grater Mac Pro made it simple to add extra […]


    Falling for Samsung’s…Stuff

    April 19th, 2017

    As tech companies go, Samsung hasn’t had it so good overall of late. Its CEO, Jay Y. Lee, was arrested in February as part of the scandal that led to the decision to impeach South Korean President Park Geun-hye. When a corporate executive does things that help bring down a government, that’s big news. Huge. It certainly […]


    The 2018 Mac Pro (???): Why is it Taking So Long?

    April 18th, 2017

    So if you take Apple at its word, the next Mac Pro is being developed as we speak, but it won’t arrive this year. That said, there has been some speculation it might not arrive next year either, but it’s not as if Apple would offer too many specifics. I will take Apple at its […]


    So What’s Apple to Do About the Slipping Intel CPU Roadmap?

    April 4th, 2017

    When Apple released the Late 2016 MacBook Pro, one major criticism was about using an older processor, Skylake, instead of Kaby Lake, the latest and greatest Intel silicon. Apple also got dinged for its decision to limit memory to 16GB instead of 32GB. There were other criticisms, but Apple was constrained by Intel’s roadmap and its […]