At one time, Apple had to endure the accusation that they were overcharging for their products. You had to pay the alleged “Apple Tax” if you went Mac, whereas the PC was clearly a whole lot cheaper. Well, these days that’s not quite true. When you compare a Mac with name-brand PCs with similar hardware […]

Way back when, during the nasty 1990s, Apple had so many models, it was doubtful that any single company executive could identify all of them without a cheat sheet at hand. Even salespeople, who earned commissions on the hardware they could move, would have similar difficulties. But it wasn’t just the hardware proliferation disease that […]

I have to tell you that I’ve purchased quite a few Macs for myself over the years. No, I didn’t own the original compact models, although I used them at various workplaces in those days. I actually waited several years before bringing one home with me, and that was a IIcx in 1989, along with […]

I suppose you could call this one of my rain on your parade articles. It’s not that I take delight in looking at the negative aspects of a topic, but let’s look at the situation a little over 11 years ago, when Apple first adopted the PowerPC. Maybe you and I can learn a few […]