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Netbooks, History and Apple

Written on June 09, 2009 by Tom Reestman and 17 people have commented

Dave Winer published a piece explaining his views on netbooks, and he brings up Apple because a) he uses Macs and b) Apple has publicly stated its disinterest in getting in the netbook game. (I’m setting aside whether Apple really isn’t getting in the game.)
He also mentions there’s “more sniffing from people who love Macs [...]

10 Clipboard Managers for OS X

Written on June 02, 2009 by Andrew Bednarz and 17 people have commented

The clipboard in a modern operating system is one of the most useful and practical tools available. Being able to select some text or images, copy them to the clipboard, and then paste them in other places is indispensable (look at the uproar over the fact that the iPhone OS 1.0 & 2.0 did not [...]

Apple Customer Satisfaction: It’s the Experience

Written on May 06, 2009 by Jon Buys and 10 people have commented

Apple has once again received top honors among computer manufacturers for customer satisfaction, and not by a small margin, either. The recent American Customer Satisfaction Index survey (PDF) has Apple beating their closest competitor by 10 points, something with which the creators of the survey are very impressed. Apple hasn’t always been so lucky. There [...]

Macs in Your Neighborhood: Des Moines, IA

Written on October 21, 2008 by Weldon Dodd and No one has commented

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Richard Haddock, President of the Haddock Corporation, an Apple reseller that has been in the Mac business seriously since there have been Macs.
I first found Haddock a couple of years ago when, in a panic over accidentally wiping out my hard drive in some kind of strange Linux [...]

MacHEADS — A Fanboy Documentary

Written on October 21, 2008 by Tanner Morrison and 1 person has commented

Everyone remembers when they get their first Mac — the instant feeling of belonging in an elitist group of technologists. You go to class, a coffee shop, or down the street and see cars driving past with an Apple sticker on their back windshield as you ask yourself where you’re going to put your [...]

Is PowerPC Doomed? Nahhhh

Written on September 30, 2007 by Billy Halsey and 9 people have commented

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Noted blogger and podcaster Daniel Eran Dilger writes today at Roughly Drafted on Leopard and the History and Future of Mac OS X on PowerPC.
For those of you, like our own Stephanie Guertin, who are running on older PPC systems, Dilger lays out why support for the PowerPC isn’t going away [...]