When Apple’s iPod and iTunes ecosystem was first established, some analysts decreed that Apple was making a huge mistake, the same one it made when it originally decided not to license the Mac operating system.
On the surface, having a unified standard might seem like a pretty good idea. This way, you can mix and match [...]

For the past 21 years, nobody has disputed the fact that the Mac operating system was designed to run strictly on Macs. Or on computers licensed to do so by Apple Computer. Despite that oh-so-obvious fact of life, and loads of screw-ups along the way, the company has managed to somehow survive and, of late, [...]

Although the late Jef Raskin was widely regarded as the father of the Macintosh, a lot changed between the time he left the project and its ultimate release. In fact, in one of his last interviews, it was clear he wasn’t happy with the way the operating system turned out, declaring, “the Mac is now [...]