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Apple Macintosh: Where's The Respect?
Apple s Maligned iMac Responsible For Record Mac Sales
What's The Allure Of Tablet Computers?
Making the Computer Even More Personal
My Tablet Won't be Running any Silly Phone OS
iLove: Meet the Apple addicts
Just Bought A Mac? Be Sure To Get AppleCare With That
Overheard: Steve Jobs Says Apple Tablet "Will Be The Most Important Thing I've Ever Done."
Apple Plans Second Fix For Flickering 27-Inch iMacs - Reports
The Apple Paradox: How a Company That s So Closed Can Foster So Much Open Innovation
Almost $40 Billion In Cash: What Is Apple Waiting For?
Grassroots Movement to Create New Letters Email Client
Apple Won't Call Tablet a 'Tablet,' Modbook CEO Says
Computers Should Be More Like Toasters
Acer To Ship More Than 1m Chrome Netbooks
Apple Continues to Make Money Hand Over Foot
The Tech Night Owl Newsletter: Do You Remember Apple's Extended Keyboard?
Apple Macintosh: Where's The Respect?
ZNet's David Morgenstern says:
Of course, the vast mindshare of the tech market is focused almost single-mindedly on Wednesday and its supposed announcement of an Apple tablet. Still, some part of the unconscious, animal brain must have found something to like in Apple's Monday quarterly report: Once again, its most profitable quarter, gross margins way up, and sales of products within expectations.
But for this longtime Mac-head, I was impressed by the continuing strength of Mac sales. And this in the face of the competition's most desperate marketing campaigns.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/yaln9gh
Apple's Maligned iMac Responsible For Record Mac Sales
Cult of Mac's Leander Kahney says:
Don't believe the negative hype. Apple's much-maligned new iMac, which is supposedly suffering from screen issues and delays, was largely responsible for the company's record hardware sales in Q1 2010....
....Apple said Q1 desktop sales were up 70 percent year-over-year (a 60 percent increase in revenue), thanks largely to the new iMacs. During an analyst conference call, Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer and Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook said customers are thrilled with the new iMacs.
Apple saw record Mac sales of 3.36 million units during the quarter, beating the previous best quarter (September) by more than 300,000 machines (up 33% year-over-year).
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/yejvjnm
What's The Allure Of Tablet Computers?
NPR's Laura Sydell says:
If the rumors have it right -- and in this case they probably do -- Apple will introduce a slate or tablet computer Wednesday.....
If you aren't sure what a slate computer is, you aren't alone. A few years back many Hewlett-Packard executives couldn't really figure it out either. So Phil McKinney, chief technology officer for HP's Personal Systems Group, took HP executives on a trip to the final frontier: He showed them clips from Star Trek.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122868254
Making the Computer Even More Personal
Low End Mac's Frank Fox says:
On the launch of MTV 28 years ago was a video titled "Video Killed the Radio Star". MTV brought an age of video stardom to rock bands. This transition was expected to mirror the change that had happened decades earlier when radio stars were replaced by TV stars.
Some performers made the transition; others had their careers end....
For the longest time, computers were somewhat immune to this phenomenon. Instead of being replaced being completely replaced, they were becoming smaller....
While we have replaced our desktop computers every 3 to 5 years, the next one was mostly the same. They ran the same kinds of programs (word processors, spreadsheets, and databases). Throw in a few games, and almost nothing has changed, except that green text on a black screen has been replaced with a WYSIWYG window of information.
....we spend increasingly more time enjoying and sharing in online communities. Internet successes show our real interests: Napster (the original, where people shared music), eBay, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. These businesses/websites are not about computing; they are about sharing, buying, searching, showing off, talking, acting out our views and ideas.
This change is killing off the PC as a desktop computer.....
For the full commentary visit here:
http://lowendmac.com/ed/fox/10ff/personal-computing.html
My Tablet Won't be Running any Silly Phone OS
Cult of Mac's Leigh McMullen says:
We've been talking about an Apple tablet for years now, and of course, that chatter has boiled over into a frenzy that almost guarantees that Steve will walk on stage with something tablet-ish on the 27th, if for no other reason than the fear of a near-nuclear backlash...
he Apple-Reality-Distortion-Echo-Chamber has progressed from being all a twitter with conflicting expectations to achieving some kind of pig-headed consensus that frankly has got to be totally wrong. Principal among these group-think features is the absurd notion that the Moses Tablet v2.0 will run an OS from a freekin' Phone.
....The big issue I have with the notion of iPhone OS on any tablet is simple, Applications. Oh sure, the iPhone store has like A million of them or whatever. But does it have Powerpoint? Pages? Word, Excel, Lightroom, Aperture, Entourage, Omnigraffle, anything you know, productive?
So, a real version of OS X, that can run real OS X applications, is absolutely mandatory.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.cultofmac.com/my-tablet-wont-be-running-iphone-os-4-0/27406
iLove: Meet the Apple addicts
The Independent says:
Tomorrow, when Steve Jobs walks out on stage to announce his company's latest super-gadget, millions of technophiles will watch with excitement bordering on religious fervour. Simon Usborne talks to the Macolytes, for whom Apple truly is the only fruit.
Some choice pull quotes:
"I just feel sorry for people who have to use PCs I can't see why they would voluntarily spent time interacting with such ugly machines. It would be like wearing cheap polyester or not going to the doctor about your haemorrhoids." - Michael Bywater, 55
"When I leave my three-year-old grandson sitting at my iMac watching Sesame Street, I come back to find he's not only loaded up another video but is scaling it to fit the screen." - Richard Pietrasik, 58
"I like to be surrounded by devices that think and work the same way I do. And that's where the simplicity of Apple's user interfaces has changed the way I work. When Apple launched its OS X operating system, it was like moving from a bicycle into a great car." - Christof Haemmerle, 32
For the full report visit here:
http://bit.ly/5UnCrr
Just Bought A Mac? Be Sure To Get AppleCare With That
MacFixIt's Joe Aimonetti
If your Mac is less than a year old and you have yet to purchase AppleCare, be sure to get your hands on Apple's version of an extended warranty before that year is up. Though there are many views on whether any extended protection plan is worth the purchase, my experience tells me AppleCare is money well spent.
Over the weekend I experienced what could very well have been a monumental disappointment regarding my love of Apple products......
For the full commentary visit here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10440531-263.html?tag=mncol;txt
[Editor's note: Notwithstanding Joe's recent unfortunate experience with his MacBook Pro that made AppleCare worth the premium for him, your editor respectfully begs to differ, and remains skeptical about its value/risk equation. Ed.]
Overheard: Steve Jobs Says Apple Tablet "Will Be The Most Important Thing I've Ever Done."
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington says:
We haven't heard this first hand, but we ve heard it multiple times second and third hand from completely independent sources. Senior Apple execs and friends of Jobs are telling people that he's about as excited about the upcoming Apple Tablet as he s ever been. Coming from the man who has created so much, that's saying something.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/24/steve-jobs-tablet-most-important/
Apple Plans Second Fix For Flickering 27-Inch iMacs - Reports
AppleInsider Staff reports:
In a thread on the Apple Discussions forums that spans nearly 250 pages, users have begun to report conversations with AppleCare representatives who claim a new update is forthcoming. A month ago, Apple released a software fix for the flickering issue on the 27-inch iMac, but since then users have said it did not address the problem.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/yhsu2xj
The Apple Paradox: How a Company That s So Closed Can Foster So Much Open Innovation
Xconomy's Wade Roush says:
....Apple keeps a famously tight lid on its employees, suppliers, and partners..... Even after products come out, the company controls who gets to see and monkey with them....
And yet millions of designers, artists, musicians, writers, programmers, and other creative professionals love their Apple products, myself included. The Apple brand is almost synonymous with free-thinking creativity. The programs people are inspired to write for the Mac OS X operating system are routinely more elegant and useful and less annoying than their Windows counterparts....
In short, there s a big gap between the way Apple sees the world and the way most of its customers see things.....
For the full commentary visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/yf9cjzn
Almost $40 Billion In Cash: What Is Apple Waiting For?
BusionessWeek's Arik Hesseldahl says:
To me the most notable number that emerged from the earnings report is Apple s total cash holdings: Having produced $5.8 billion in cash from operations, Apple finished the quarter with $39.8 billion in cash and short-term investments, or about $44 in cash per share. That figure is sure to re-ignite criticism that Apple may not be putting its considerable cash resources to the best possible use.
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http://tinyurl.com/yahffw7
Grassroots Movement to Create New Letters Email Client
TidBits' Adam C. Engst says:
Consider yourself a power user when it comes to email? Frustrated by your current email client? You're not alone. Although the Mac is home to numerous email clients - Mail, Entourage, Thunderbird, Eudora, Mailplane, Mailsmith, GyazMail, PowerMail, MailForge, Outspring Mail, and more - it's almost a given that a power user will have a set of desires that can't be met in a single program.
For the full report visit here:
http://db.tidbits.com/article/10946
Apple Won't Call Tablet a 'Tablet,' Modbook CEO Says
PC Mag's Mark Hachman reports:
Axiotron president and chief executive Andreas Haas has overseen the development of the Modbook, a custom-designed tablet that fuses an Apple MacBook with a Wacom digitizer screen. PCMag.com spoke with Haas late last week for his impressions on what Apple will announce, its tablet strategy, and what the company should have learned from the Newton.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358373,00.asp
Computers Should Be More Like Toasters
Slate's Farhad Manjoo says:
Why are computers so hard to use? Readers ask me some version of this question all the time...
"In short, when will the computer become an appliance?"
If we're lucky, it'll happen this week.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2242556/?from=rss
Acer To Ship More Than 1m Chrome Netbooks
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
Acer has narrowed its Chrome OS netbook release window from H2 2010 to the third quarter. It s also preparing to launch an e-book reader and -- guess what -- a tablet too.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/01/25/acer_chrome_os_netbooks/
Apple Continues to Make Money Hand Over Foot
The financial community has, in the past year, warmed to the inevitable success of Apple s business plan, and you wonder why it took so long. For so many years, you see, the words beleaguered and Apple were synonymous. Whenever Microsoft released a new version of Windows, you just knew that the Mac couldn t possibly compete, and it s true that Mac market share was stagnant for oh so many years, but not now.
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The Tech Night Owl Newsletter: Do You Remember Apple's Extended Keyboard?
If you were using personal computers a couple of decades ago, you no doubt observed how keyboards have evolved, or as some might suggest, devolved. You see, in those days, it wasn t unusual to spend roughly $150 for a fully-outfitted keyboard, complete with the exquisite numeric keypad and function keys.
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