For the past 21 years, nobody has disputed the fact that the Mac operating system was designed to run strictly on Macs. Or on computers licensed to do so by Apple Computer. Despite that oh-so-obvious fact of life, and loads of screw-ups along the way, the company has managed to somehow survive and, of late, […]

In the days following the news of Apple’s decision switch to Intel processors, speculation ran rampant. Some said it was a foolish idea, while others said it was a long time coming. But many delivered a collective yawn. So who cares what processor is inside a Mac? It is, after all, the operating system that […]

As I write this article, tens of thousands of you have upgraded to Tiger. Most of you are happy with its performance, stability and huge lineup of new features. But things aren’t quite that rosy for some users. Indeed, the flip side of Tiger can get a little nasty, and it’s beginning to look as […]

I really pity the person or persons who posted news about updated Power Macs Tuesday at Amazon’s site. It’s bad enough, from Apple’s viewpoint, that the rumor sites sometimes get stories about new hardware right. But when a respected commerce site begins to take orders for that unannounced hardware a wee bit too early, heads […]