Are you ready to write Tiger’s epitaph? Well, despite the fact that Wednesday afternoon’s release of the Mac OS 10.4.11 updater represents the last major update for that system, there will most likely be security fixes from time to time. As usual, the latest Tiger maintenance release has a slew of changes, some of which […]

If you’re a fear merchant and get a charge out of spreading suspicion about Mac security, you have to be delighted. If you’re a Windows user wondering what the fuss is all about and whether a switch to the Mac is a good idea, you might want feel a little concerned. And certainly my fellow […]

I suppose I could get a cheap laugh and say that the next maintenance update to Tiger, after Tuesday’s 10.4.9 update, would be 10.5.0, but that isn’t true. It would probably be 10.4.10, assuming another update is forthcoming. However, unless 10.4.9 has the ultimate show-stopper when it comes to defects, I don’t see it happening, […]

I had to feel strange. Here I was, prowling the aisles of the local CompUSA store in search of a copy of Windows XP Home Edition. Even stranger, I didn’t intend to install it on a typical Windows box, because the three computers installed at my home office are all Macs. The source of my […]