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    Mac Sales Up, Surface Sales Down

    May 3rd, 2017

    One of the more interesting results in Apple’s March quarter financials was not iPhone sales. I’ll get to that soon. Instead, it was the growth of Mac sales. Despite the fact that only one new model was refreshed in recent months — the MacBook Pro — sales increased slightly from 4.03 million to 4.2 million. But total revenue […]


    Some False Assumptions About Apple

    April 27th, 2017

    In recent columns, I’ve covered at length the attempts by the tech media to present the just-released Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone as not only superior to the iPhone 7 but more advanced than the unannounced iPhone 8. The latter is obviously an absurd comparison. But what bothers me most is that the Galaxy S8’s known flaws […]


    Design the Mac I Want — Or…

    April 21st, 2017

    As Mac users — and would-be Mac users — wonder about what Apple is up to, speculation is starting to become more detailed about the next product refreshes. Indeed, it almost seems as if speculation about a new iPad Pro with a 10.5-inch edge-to-edge screen is no longer relevant. But the release of a single lower-cost […]


    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 […]