Up until that rumor explosion in December, some things were absolutely certain about Apple. For one thing, Steve Jobs would never allow the company to sell a cheap Mac or a cheap iPod. There was no profit in it, and it was better to get large profit margins and remain a boutique computer company. This [...]

The concept of a cheap Mac is so unusual in our tiny corner of the universe, I dare say a lot of you probably aren’t quite sure what to make of it yet. Mac users, at least those who have made online comments, regard it as just another Mac and a new source of potential [...]

Although my ego is larger than normal–which is why I choose to remain in the public eye–I am not one to say “I told you so” when I am proven right, while others are proven wrong. But when someone calls folks like me “deluded” for suggesting that it made sense for Apple to build a [...]