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Newsletter #454 Preview: Here We Go Again: Revisiting Mac Versus PC Prices

August 10th, 2008

In recent months, I’ve come to believe that most people finally understand that Macs and PCs are comparably priced when comparably equipped. That is, until I read some more of that silly fiction that attempts to convey precisely the reverse, that Apple is the BMW, and the PC is the Ford, and that the former [...]


Do You Have a Dream Macintosh?

July 5th, 2007

I have to tell you that I’ve purchased quite a few Macs for myself over the years. No, I didn’t own the original compact models, although I used them at various workplaces in those days. I actually waited several years before bringing one home with me, and that was a IIcx in 1989, along with [...]


Newsletter Issue #340 Preview: The Coming Windows Vista Train Wreck

June 3rd, 2006

It is easy for Mac users to declare anything that emerges from the software mines at Microsoft to be junk, a poor imitation of the Mac OS. This is a knee-jerk reaction, to be sure, although a lot of it seems to be based on fact. At the same time, the largest software developer has [...]