What if Apple had switched to Intel processors at the very beginning of the Mac OS X era? This may seem a perfectly absurd question, but stay with me now. From a practical standpoint, it may have had disastrous results for developers. Imagine the pain they underwent moving their products from Classic to Mac OS […]

Yes, Apple VP Phil Schiller said those fateful words, that Apple didn’t plan on adding a digital video recording feature to the Intel-based Mac mini, because it would make the system too complicated. That would appear to shut down any rumors and speculation that such capabilities are forthcoming in future Macs, although you can get […]

Some people might have felt safe referring to Mac OS X as the “teflon operating system,” because it was free of real virus threats. Proofs of concept didn’t count. But the news that there is, at last, genuine Mac malware in the wild should end your complacency for good. The offending file bears the innocuous […]

As the first MacBook Pros begin to ship, there is no mystery why Apple continues to trump its rivals. Back in January, when the Intel-based laptop was first introduced, two versions were described and a February delivery date was promised. And you know about promises from computer companies. Microsoft, for example, hasn’t done very well […]