PPC is left out in the cold…
Sorry for the ‘cold’ pun, but I couldn’t help it. So, ‘Snow Leopard’, (the next iteration of the Mac OS), is going to be Intel-only. The Power-PC, which has had a love-hate relationship with Apple over...
View ArticleMan gets Mac OS X to work with his printer…
Seeing as a 147 word article about a man printing a document with his Vista computer is considered news nowadays, I decided to partake my own experience along similar lines. Today I had a document that...
View ArticleReaction to Microsoft’s answer to ‘GetaMac’
I’ve not published for a while as I have been knee-deep in the negotiations to convert my company’s website from a standard informational website in to a fully-fledged ecommerce site. So I’ve let pass...
View ArticleInitial thoughts on the Microsoft retort…
In thinking about what my views are on Microsoft’s $300 million ad campaign, I’ve a few points that will hopefully give some structure to my thoughts over the next few posts:...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s retail stab in the dark…
Upon thinking about Microsoft entry into the retail space, a few thoughts occur. Microsoft have a really deep seated envy of everything that Apple does. Now, they’ve always had this from the very first...
View ArticleMobileMe isn’t particularly mobile, at least for me…
This is a difficult post to write. More often than not, the content of this blog is pro-Apple. I make no apologies for this, and although I do critcise Apple from time to time, I also cut them some...
View ArticleSafari 4 beta
Apple surprised everyone recently by announcing Safari 4.0. It’s released as a beta, put don’t let that put you off, it’s every bit as stable as the previous version. Opinion is divided on some of the...
View ArticleiTunes Extra (& LP) answered, but keep it to yourself…
The ever-excellent Roughly Drafted goes into great detail here, about how iTunes Extra & LP work. From what I can tell, the whole iTunes Extra experience is done inside iTunes 9, using Javascript,...
View ArticleForward delete is an oxymoron…
Mac 101: Forward delete on a Mac laptop Posted using ShareThis As part of my job, I come across dozens of Windows users every day. They have used Windows all their life and have little or know...
View ArticleApple’s tablet plans…
I remember a comment I read once concerning a question put to Steve Jobs along the lines of, “If you could release the Mac today, would you do anything differently?” His answer was along the lines of,...
View ArticleThe many ages of a switcher…
When I’m bored (I mean really bored), I spend a few 1/4 hours surfing the Apple discussion boards, and nestled in amongst the questions, bugs, answers and advice I come across postings from recent...
View Article$39.8 Billion…
Via MacDailyNews via Businessweek: Way back in 1997, Apple was very nearly history. I remember back then that I seriously thought of getting out of the graphic design business for good, I could not...
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