It’s fair to say that a number of Mac Pros are already in user’s hands, and the reviews are coming fast and thick. I think you can get a pretty fair assessment of the product by checking at least three of them, from Ars Technica, Macworld and Bare Feats. The latter is primarily a benchmarking […]

When the news was first broadcast that Microsoft had acquired the rights to Connectix Virtual PC in February 2003, I had mixed feelings. You see, Microsoft was notorious for acquiring technologies from other companies, and then killing them. But this didn’t make much sense to me, because Virtual PC was a great addition to Microsoft’s […]

I am not a psychic, nor do I engage in informed speculation for a living. Besides, if I tried either, I’d fail miserably. On the other hand, when I recently suggested the ideal layout for Apple’s Intel-based professional desktop, I think I nailed it very closely indeed. Rather than repeat the entire article and bask […]

This may seem like a radical idea, but the conventional wisdom, such as it is, states that Apple will announce an Intel-based professional desktop Mac during the WWDC in August. That is, along with Leopard and perhaps a second generation Intel-based model or two. This would complete the transition to Intel, assuming the Xserve is […]