It’s fair to say that there are far more important things happening on this planet than the impending new product introductions from Apple Computer. That a single profit-making corporation, other than a major auto maker, occupies the hearts and minds of people of all walks of life, is just amazing. Some compare the iPod, for […]

If you can believe all those published reports in recent weeks, the keynote address Steve Jobs will deliver next month in San Francisco will be anticlimactic. Nothing he plans to say will come as much of a surprise. The rumors and speculation talks of a brand new iBook and Mac mini, and perhaps version 2.0 […]

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 […]