What do you get when you mix a popular computing platform with a graphic designers tablet? The iTab. An expensive exercise in futility for geeks with too much time on their hands and too much money in their pockets. The iTab was constructed by fusing together a Macbook with an Intuos Tablet—Wacom’s mid-level tablet offering—and … Read More »
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Survey of computer use over 12 years from the University of Virgina. The trends are clear. From 1997 to today nearly all students own a computer, notebooks out number desktop PCs, and—drum roll—Mac market share is nearly 40-percent. Each computing inventory is the compilation of statistics regarding computer ownership; type of computer; operating system; network … Read More »
Macs and the Walmart logo
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The Macalope on Walmart as a potential Mac retailer. The thought of a premium brand like the Mac being pushed through a high-volume retailer with a logo that looks suspiciously like the end part of the human digestive tract may lead you to some uncomfortable analogies. Is the iPhone a less premium brand than the … Read More »
MiFi Goes Mainstream. Ihnatko Loves It
Monday, May 25, 2009
Andy Ihnatko loves Verizon’s new MiFi. What? You’re still stuck on WiFi? It’s a black, iPod-sized device with its own battery. It has just one button. A green light comes on when you press it, indicating that the MiFi is powered on. A second green light starts blinking, indicating that it’s working on something. When … Read More »
Are Macs Safe and Secure? Yes
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Daniel Eran Dilger on the ‘safe vs. secure’ issue of Mac vs. Windows. Chicken Little media pundits have been predicting a barrage of malware for Mac users which has never materialized. The semantics of safety and security aside, are Macs, compared to Windows PCs, safe and secure? The real discrepancy that needs to be pointed … Read More »
A New Computing Category Coming Soon?
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Dwight Silverman on the swirling speculation about a new Microsoft Zune HD or an Apple iPad; both smaller than a netbook, but larger than an iPhone or iPod touch. In looking at these two developments in parallel – and applying the important caveat that neither are formally announced products, and this is all speculation – … Read More »