Over the past few days, I’ve read the early Mountain Lion chatter on online message boards, including Apple’s own support discussions. With millions of Mac users already using OS 10.8 — one report suggested the number exceeded 3% of the Mac user base after the first two days — it’s quite clear that some people […]

All right, so Apple doesn’t walk on water. The company is not immune to the state of the world economy, nor to the impact of customers waiting on the sidelines in anticipation for a new model that may not ship until October. When you add such conditions up, it explains, in part, why Apple missed […]

No, that’s going way too far, but Consumer Reports still deserves more well deserved criticism. I want to expect better, because CR is run by a non-profit corporation that does not accept outside advertising and buys tested products at regular retail outlets. They aren’t getting freebies from a PR agency or a manufacturer’s corporate communications […]

There’s renewed speculation this week that Apple is getting ready to release a new iMac in the near future. Some suggest this month, in time for the release of Mountain Lion, while others expect it to happen this fall, or perhaps in August. Regardless of when the next iMac appears, the larger question is whether […]