It’s fair to say that living on the cutting edge can change one’s perception of reality to a certain degree. If you cover the tech world as I do, you may even get a chance to play with some of the great “toys” that are released on a regular basis. You start to look at […]

Over the past six months, most of my columns have focused on the well-known positive aspects of Apple’s impending switch to Intel processors. But, no, I’m not being a cheerleader; I just want to take as realistic an approach as possible and clear up the confusion and misguided speculation. But there are land mines out […]

As silly questions go, this might seem to sit on the top of the list. After all, Apple recently upgraded most of its Macs, except for the Mac mini (if you can forget that allegedly “silent” upgrade where slightly faster processors appear in some units). True, the upgrades may not amount to much, particularly in […]

It doesn’t take any special abilities to speculate that Mac developers around the world are busy this holiday season. No, not just buying presents for family and friends, but working on updates for their software to get ready for the MacIntel era. In case you’ve tuned in late, in order to be compatible with both […]