Unless you’ve been living under a rock in Internet Land, you’ve heard about Apple’s iPad launch. How Apple sold 700,000 of the things, how some encountered USB battery charging issues, how somebody purposely smashed up three of them (my personal favorite), how netbook sales went down (duh) when the iPad was launched, etc. Some (many, actually)...

We all know that Apple is pretty, shall we say, protective about the Iphone. Remember when they denied Google Voice purely because it would help competition? Similarly, Apple has never let a competing browser to Safari onto the device. Opera, however, is calling them out. Opera has submitted Opera Mini to the Apple App Store, but they did it with style. They not...

You may have heard that Apple’s iPad battery replacement policy is actually a unit replacement. Being that the iPad has a sealed battery you cannot replace yourself, what this means is that if you buy an iPad and the battery no longer holds a charge within the warranty period, you bring the unit to an Apple store, they transfer all your data/apps/etc. from...

OK, we know Rich’s opinion on the Apple Ipad. What about you?Speaking for myself (and as a daily Mac user), I am uninterested. It looks cool, but I essentially see it as an Ipod Touch with a bigger screen. The fact that this device runs the Iphone OS and is tied to the App Store is such a HUGE ball & chain for a device which had so much potential. I...

In the late 2007/early 2008 era I was telling people that in the future the notebook style portable computer would be replaced by a one-piece slab. Well, we have it. It’s called iPad. And in no way at this stage of the game will it replace the notebook format. Here’s a short list of things the iPad doesn’t do: No Flash support This is just like...

Per my last article on the subject, I said in a comment that I would eat my words if the Apple tablet was priced right. It is, so consider words eaten. It comes in $599, $699, and $799 configurations. This is far below the $1,000 to $1,500 people were expecting. It is well above the price of entry level laptops and all netbooks, but considering it is full...

Planned obsolescence is, in a nutshell, any product that is purposely designed to break and/or be non-functional within a specified period of time. This is done so that the manufacturer can sell you more products over time. Apple, unfortunately, proved to the world that people would be willing to buy a smartphone without a removable battery, that being the...

You might have heard that Apple is going to be introducing a tablet this year. When? Probably in the third quarter. How much will it cost? Too much, obviously. Before continuing, let me define tablet in the context of this article: I’m talking about a one-piece device with a screen of at least 14 inches in size, which is a complete computer, and no tactile...

Many people out there like iTunes, but own a music player which isn’t an iPod. If you fall into this category, then you might be interested in iTunes Agent. iTunes Agent is a tiny application which rests in your system tray, constantly looking for devices being connected to your system. If a device it recognizes is connected it enables you to manage it via...

Mac users looking for a virtual machine solution have probably heard about Parallels, which the currently the premier product for OS X. Another product you might want to take a look at, however, is VirtualBox. VirtualBox is free and runs on any OS. Additionally, you can run any guest OS you want inside of it. For example, if you want to run Windows within Mac,...

Over the years, I have dealt with Dell sales quite a bit for ordering servers, desktops, laptops, monitors, (you name it). Last week, however, I dealt with Apple sales for the first time on purchasing a refurbished laptop with a 3 year warranty for my wife. One “trick” I have learned is that even though you can purchase everything through the...

(Note: If you spot deals today or tomorrow before Friday hits, post a comment) These are direct links. No coupon codes or any of that b.s. to deal with. Hanns-G 23.6-inch monitor, $149 with free shipping If you were looking to upgrade your monitor to something big that looks good, functions well and is as cheap as they come, this is it. Specific Apple authorized...

The best box that Apple makes is the Mac Pro. The best box that Dell makes is the Precision Workstation, commonly abbreviated as PW. Both are business machines first and foremost. It is very easy to configure either to run you $20,000 for final cost. How to do it? Simple. Check off every single possible option you can throw in when configuring it. First, the Mac...

I am sensing a rising tide of ill-will toward Apple and AT&T with regard to the Iphone. Apple is typically quite adept at public relations, but I believe their moves with regard to tight control of the Iphone is beginning to get out of control. One of the arguments against Apple has always been their control over their devices. With the Mac, I think it is a...

Many of you have probably seen the commercials. Some young person wants a laptop with a 17” screen, bunch of memory, bunch of power, and they don’t want to spend more than $1,000. They look at the Apple laptops and conclude it is too expensive. So, they go buy some cheap PC for $699 and go skipping down the yellow brick road. Its the stuff dreams are made...

The original Sony Walkman is 30 years old as it was originally introduced in 1979. I do distinctly remember these things from my childhood. I never specifically owned a true Sony model (only the cool kids were able to afford one), but the word Walkman was so widely used that it was the standard term used to describe a portable cassette player. In today’s...

Being that I hadn’t used Apple’s Safari browser for some time I decided to check it out again. It’s now at version 4 beta. This is the exact version I have:The install completed easily, however on attempt to load www.google.com (yes, that Google), this happened:Not good. Everything with my internet connection was fine as my other browsers...

If posed the question as to what you think the worst possible thing could happen to a PC is, your answer would probably be, "when the hard drive dies". Wrong. The worst possible thing that can happen is fire. This is when something in your computer overheats, catches fire and starts melting the "guts" (motherboard, chips, etc.). Fire is the...

Over the weekend I had a discussion with a friend who has recently switched to Mac, and he brought up an unbelievably good – and I mean good – point. I’ll get to it in a moment. The friend I speak of is a Mac convert. He switched over, is very happy about it and has nothing but nice things to say about Apple. Granted, there are a few things he...

Fervent Mac users are quick to say, "You get what you pay for" to justify the price of owning an Apple Macintosh computer or portable Macbook computer. Laptops are outselling desktops like crazy right now and have been for some time – and this counts for Apple as well. Their desktop line, like all other computer manufacturers, have taken a huge...