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Stop Partying Microsofties, Mac Sales are Back

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

When Apple’s sales numbers for its Mac computers began to falter in October of last year, fans of Redmond could barely contain their glee. My friend, a Microsoft evangelist, made sure he pointed out Cupertino’s struggles as much as possible. Well, it looks like Apple’s troubles are about to end. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty says [...]

Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro

Sunday, February 1, 2009

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[NOTE: 2/2/09 - This is an updated version of the original post from Sunday.] I am writing this for those of you who may be daring enough to attempt an install of Windows 7 on your Macs. Yes, it may be blasphemy, but even us Macheads are a little curious sometimes, right? Anyway (to me) the install [...]

Parallels Desktop for Mac Hits the Big 4.0

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Parallels Desktop for Mac was the first software product that let you run virtualized copies of Windows within OS X on a Mac. It was a feat which created the closest thing in existence to an ideal computing platform, as far as I’m concerned. But Parallels ended up in fierce competition with VMWare’s Fusion, and [...]

An Intensely Selfish Apple Wishlist for Tomorrow’s Event

Monday, September 8, 2008

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I’m telling you, I’ve given up trying to predict what Apple will announce at its press events, such as the one that’ll happen tomorrow in San Francisco. Safe predictions (“The event is called ‘Let’s Rock,’ so it’s likely that it will involve new iPods”) are boring, boring, boring. Out-there ones (“Apple will release a touch-screen [...]

Comcast: All You Can Eat…Up to 250GB!

Thursday, August 28, 2008

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How much data do I download from the Internet a month? I have no idea, and it’s probably not all that much. But I’m still concerned about Comcast’s plan to cut off customers who are a little download-crazy.

Are Macs More Expensive? Round Four: The Skinny on the Mini

Monday, August 25, 2008

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Pity the poor Mac Mini. After being unveiled with plenty of hoopla in January 2005 as “the most affordable Mac ever,” it departed the limelight with surprising swifness. The glossy white micro-Mac has received only minor updates such as CPU upgrades and actually got less affordable when the base model went from $499 to $599. [...]

Are Macs More Expensive? Round Three: An All-in-One Free-For-All

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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So help me, I’m addicted to comparing the prices of Macs and Windows PCs. That’s okay, though–judging from site traffic, a startling quantity of Technologizer readers seem to be addicted to reading and discussing my comparisons. On Thursday, I contrasted a mid-range MacBook with custom-configured Windows laptops. On Saturday, I followed up by comparing the [...]

“Are Macs More Expensive?”: The AfterFAQ

Friday, August 15, 2008

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McCracken’s Fifth Rule of Tech Journalism states that reaction to anything one writes about Macs is likely to be incredibly passionate–and that you can write one story and catch flack for being both mindlessly pro-Mac and mindlessly anti-Mac. I shoulda remembered that when I decided to write “Are Macs More Expensive?“, which is already one [...]

A Brief Reverse-Chronological YouTube History of Apple

Thursday, August 14, 2008

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The history of Apple is so long and interesting that some amazingly weighty tomes have been written about it. But I don’t think you need to pore over hundreds of pages to get the gist of the company’s journey. Actually, more than with any other computer company, its advertising tells much of the story. And [...]