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Another Look at What Apple Has Taken Away

October 20th, 2008

Back in the early days, your expandable Mac came with technologies that other personal computers didn’t always contain, such as NuBus for peripheral cards for graphics and other tasks and SCSI for such devices as external hard drives and scanners. There were also the proprietary ADB ports for input devices.
But with the introduction of the [...]


Apple’s Notebook Update Mostly Ignores 17-inch MacBook Pro

October 14th, 2008

Most of you know that I am addicted to the 17-inch form factor for my notebooks. I first bought a 17-inch PowerBook G4, the one with the 1.33GHz processor, shortly after it was released in late 2003. After a couple of years of regular use, it passed on to my son, Grayson, who later sold [...]


Apple’s Prospects: What a Difference a Year Makes!

July 9th, 2008

In 2007, for a time you had to feel that Apple was neglecting the Mac. At the beginning of that year, the famous Steve Jobs keynote concentrated very little on Mac-related developments, and mostly on the iPhone. A few months later, we learned that the next major reference release for Mac OS X, Leopard, would [...]