In recent weeks, with my various “Fear-Factor” commentaries, I’ve given Microsoft some well-deserved lumps, and you readers have joined in the fun in our Comments section. Surprisingly, no Microsoft supporters have chimed in to disagree, and I know for certain that you readers are not strictly Mac users. So I figured it was time to […]

You can’t imagine the consternation on the part of some Mac users after reading published reports that Mac OS X Leopard was being postponed until October because Apple wanted to improve compatibility with Windows Vista. Without much thought, some folks ignored the illogical nature of the basic premise and the story simply took off. It’s […]

When Microsoft was under the gun defending itself against antitrust charges from the U.S. Department of Justice, they said they only wanted to be free to “innovate.” Now it’s fair to say that there is a lot of disagreement over just how much Microsoft innovates, and how much it cribs from others, such as Apple. […]

I’m sure many of you are wondering just when Apple will unleash more information about Leopard’s features, and hopefully in enough detail so you can appreciate (or properly criticize) what they’ve done. Indeed, many of you are actually postponing a purchase of a new Mac until Leopard arrives, so you don’t have to pay full […]