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    Newsletter #455 Preview: The Death of Power PC
    Support is Coming Sooner Than You Think!

    August 17th, 2008

    When Adobe released a new version of Premiere for the Mac platform after an absence of several years, it arrived with support strictly for Intel-based Macs. The same held true for two new applications, Encore and Soundbooth, and Adobe’s excuse had it that removing support for older Macs would allow for much speedier development and […]


    Apple’s New Products: Is the Excitement Waning?

    July 7th, 2008

    Last year, we all know that huge crowds awaited the arrival of the first iPhone, as customers hoped to be the first to get theirs before Apple and AT&T ran out of stock. They needn’t have bothered, of course, since there were ample supplies available. So whether you waited a week or an hour, it […]


    Newsletter #449 Preview: Should Apple Take the
    Gloves Off and Go After Microsoft For Real?

    July 6th, 2008

    Although Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at least pretend in public to have a friendly relationship of several decades, you know that Apple and Microsoft have been fierce competitors for years. Of course, in the business world, you may have to make a deal with the devil to survive. So, indeed, Apple has also worked […]


    The Snow Leopard Report: Selling Updates Without New Features

    July 3rd, 2008

    Before Mac OS X took over, I wrote a book about Microsoft Office 2001. When Mac OS X arrived, Microsoft ported their office suite over, as Office X. Although they charged their standard upgrade fee for the suite, there were actually very few new features to talk about. One, as you recall, was “multiple selections,” […]