Apple’s trojan horse is the “computer as appliance”. They’ve managed to create devices that are almost as wide in scope and functionality as general computing devices but are easily accessible to non-technical people. And, more importantly, don’t need technical maintenance or an understanding of the computing underpinnings.
If it were just the App store, [...]
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Apple’s Trojan horse
February 2nd, 2010 · View Comments · iPhone
Steve Jobs holds forth at Apple town hall
January 31st, 2010 · View Comments · Mac
Steve Jobs held an internal town hall at Apple after the unveiling of the iPad. Since secrecy is so tight, many at Apple had no idea the iPad was coming. He took questions and second-hand commenters say he had a few choice comments.
He said that Apple bought Lala because they wanted their talent [...]
It’s market share time again – who’s winning? Windows, of course.
January 21st, 2010 · View Comments · Computing
ArsTechnica posted the latest operating system market share statistics. As of December, 2009, Windows is still the lions share of the market at 92.21%. OS/X is a very distant second at 5.11% and Linux trails at 1.02%.
The trend is very slightly downward for Windows. It went from 93.66% in January, 2009 to 92.21% [...]
New iMac is a monster – and that’s good for laptops
November 17th, 2009 · View Comments · Mac
The newest iMacs are available with Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs and early benchmarks are in. Intel is phasing out the Core 2 Duo chips in favor of the i5 and i7 lines.
In general, the i5 is a single CPU with 4 cores inside it – compared to the Core 2 Duo with [...]
Putting things in perspective
November 6th, 2009 · View Comments · Computing
The hot technical topic is alternative operating systems. But, with the release of Windows 7, let’s put things into perspective.
Here are the estimated Worldwide OS usage figures for October 2009:
70.48 – Windows XP
18.83 – Windows Vista
2.82 – OS/X 10.5
2.15 – Windows 7
1.17 – OS/X 10.6
0.96 – Linux (all versions)
0.93 – OS/X 10.4
0.78 – Windows [...]
Windows and OS/X steal from each other
October 12th, 2009 · View Comments · Mac
Well, that’s no big surprise. Here’s two Infoworld slide shows that attempts to show the top 10 items each stole from the other. They got some things wrong though.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/top-10-features-apple-stole-windows-966?source=fssr
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mac/top-10-features-microsoft-stole-mac-os-x-971?source=fssr
What OS/X stole from Windows
Finder sidebar – stolen from the Explorer navigation pane. Yep.
Finder breadcrumb path display – stolen from the Explorer address [...]
Tags:ActiveSync·Apple·Mac·Microsoft·OS/X·RDP·Remote Desktop Connection·Unix·VNC
What do new PC’s cost?
July 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Computing, Mac
According to new sales figures from NPD, the average selling price (ASP) of a new PC is $515.
When it comes to PCs, the cut-throat competition in the industry has resulted in a race to the bottom. The netbook segment was the final nail.
The PC vendors very much want to sell the higher margin machines but [...]
Apple-Dell Price Comparison
June 12th, 2009 · View Comments · Computing, Mac
After Apple’s new laptop announcement I was curious about the price difference between Apple and Dell. I mostly ignored the Windows vs. OS/X value proposition but equated OS/X Leopard with Vista Home Premium (not basic).
Many of the comparisons I’ve seen try to put dollar figures on intangibles like the value of the iLife suite against [...]
What’s the difference between done and done right?
May 17th, 2009 · View Comments · Consulting
We accomplish tasks. We get things done. We meet schedules and check off boxes on requirements lists. We implement features and run tests.
It doesn’t have to look pretty. It doesn’t have to be polished to a high sheen. It has to be professional and correct.
This is how you mark off requirements and move forward. This [...]
Tags:Apple·Consulting·Microsoft·Web 2.0
State of the iPhone
April 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Mac, iPhone
In case you didn’t follow the Apple earnings call last night (which I’m ashamed to say I did), you might have missed the news (reported everywhere) that Apple just had their best second quarter in their history. That’s in the midst of a horrible recession. Everything was roses for Apple in all but one category [...]
