There’s an unfortunate feeling in some parts of the media that Steve Jobs is the beginning and the end of Apple. If he’s away, even temporarily, the company simply cannot grow at record levels, and is doomed to return to that beleaguered status it occupied for so many years. That in large part explains why […]

Consider what some so-called tech pundits and industry analysts said in the long (some say endless) run up to Apple’s quarterly report. Mac sales are down and Apple has a problem. They’ve got to cut prices and rush out a netbook to save the business. Perhaps the best comment I read about Apple’s quarterly financials, […]

So only a few weeks ago, Apple COO (and acting CEO) Tim Cook announced that it’s not in Apple’s DNA to build cheap junk. But that’s nothing new, as he and Steve Jobs have been saying the very same thing for an awfully long time. You’d think that some folks would get the message. Despite […]

Most of you know that I am addicted to the 17-inch form factor for my note-books. I first bought a 17-inch PowerBook G4, the one with the 1.33GHz processor, shortly after it was released in late 2003. After a couple of years of regular use, it passed on to my son, Grayson, who later sold […]