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    So What Else Might Apple Give Up?

    November 23rd, 2016

    Apple’s recent decisions raise the question about what they might give up on next? So there are no more Thunderbolt displays — or any displays with the Apple brand — and Apple has worked with LG to produce 4K and 5K displays with the proper features to support the new MacBook Pros and other gear. In recent […]


    The “Apple Should Buy This Company” Report

    November 17th, 2016

    At one time, tech pundits wondered what company should buy Apple, and it’s true that, in the 1990s before Steve Jobs returned, that was not beyond the realm of possibility. In early 1996, Apple evidently negotiated with Sun Microsystems — do you remember them? — to sell itself. This came in the wake of the […]


    Did Wall Street Accept Apple’s Sales Spin?

    October 27th, 2016

    As I write this article, Apple stock price has dropped over two percent. This comes in the wake of Tuesday’s announcement that sales were down again, as expected, in the September quarter. Now you expect Wall Street to treat such news negatively. Companies are supposed to grow sales, but one would think the falling sales […]


    A Surprising Slant on the Expensive Mac Myth

    October 21st, 2016

    I’ve been involved in more than a few discussions about alleged expensive Macs over the years. Although that was no doubt true in the early years, my contention more recently is that a Mac and PC are in roughly the same price category with comparable specs and bundled software. Sometimes the PC is cheaper, sometimes the Mac. […]