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    Is the MacBook Air the Future of Portable Macs?

    December 2nd, 2010

    There are published reports that Apple’s once moribund MacBook Air lineup has begun to sweep the sales charts after the recent upgrade. Apple’s store isn’t showing sales rankings these days, but Amazon was listing the $999 entry-level model as bubbling under the Top 10 when I wrote this article. Of course such figures change from […]


    Yes, Folks, Apple Can Price Aggressively

    November 19th, 2010

    Apple’s stock took a bit of a hit a few weeks back when they disclosed, during their conference call with financial analysts, that profit margins would be down this quarter. All this despite the fact that the company was still tallying record sales and profits. Of course, low profit margins for Apple are extraordinarily high […]


    Apple and Business Revisited

    November 18th, 2010

    I read the news the other day and, oh boy, HP didn’t do so well with the Slate 500, a traditional tablet-based PC using Windows 7. Yes, they did boast the fact that they sold more than they anticipated, but with total sales estimated at 9,000, that’s nothing to crow about. Perhaps HP can state, […]


    Not About the Beatles

    November 17th, 2010

    I admit to being a fan of the legendary “Fab Four,” but their arrival on iTunes this week failed to elicit more than yawn on my part. It’s not as if the music, even in digitally remastered form, hasn’t been available from physical media outlets for quite some time. You could always rip your CDs […]