I’ve been looking forward to OS/X Leopard seriously for about three months now. After seeing it in action on our development systems it definitely gets the nod for some beautiful, eye-catching improvements that will make any Windows Vista user jealous. But is it really worth the upgrade cost of $129?
Actually, I’m a bit miffed at [...]
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Continue Reading...I’ve been advocating against buying extended warranty plans for years. It doesn’t take a degree in rocket science to do the math: Most people end up putting their extended warranty into play only rarely. In fact, of the literally hundreds of gadgets and gizmos I’ve purchased, I can recall actually having a malfunctioning gizmo repaired [...]
Continue Reading...John Gruber wrote, “if the photo accompanying this story doesn’t move you, you’re not hooked up right.”
Continue Reading...This struck me as offensive at the time, about a decade ago… now, it’s hard not to laugh about it:
I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders. (Fortune)
Made all the more poignant by this week’s market cap figures: Apple, $146 billion. Dell, $63 billion. (Just for comparison’s sake, Intel is at [...]
We’re always struggling with task management, it seems. I’ve got a great system for personal task management, but what about shared tasks—things that depend on other people? Or perhaps things that need to be worked on collaboratively… I’d like to have a system that lets me hand tasks off to other people.
And of course, it [...]
This short piece in BusinessWeek is really driving the point home: Apple’s shining reputation for stellar customer service is suffering. I’ve been bitten by the new and poorer support programs, as have others:
By broadening its share of the computer market and diving into whole new businesses, the company has become a case study in the [...]
Just a little while ago I mentioned Numbers and what Pages needs to compete in the Office space (both to run head-to-head with Microsoft Office and to be useful in a business setting). Now Apple has rolled out iWork ‘08—a huge upgrade to the iWork suite.
So, how does iWork ‘08 stack up—and should you think [...]
Someone at the office pointed me to this announcement about Trillian coming out on Mac OS/X. Frankly, I was a bit shocked to find that someone with a Windows machine found out before I did—clearly, I’m not doing my job and staying on top of late-breaking news.
At any rate, I can’t wait. It’s only in [...]
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