What’s the best antidote to a minor and generally unsatisfying refresh? What we really, really want and in fact need is a full on, stem to stern makeover, which seems to be in the cards. But are you ready to go without spinning platters for storage?
The days pass since his Wednesday, October 5 death and still people around the continue to raise their voices in tribute. Whereas luminaries from President Obama and Bill Gates to Walt Mossberg have all paid their respects, the most poignant homages have come from ordinary people just wanting to say thanks for changing and making their lives better.
If you’re gonna flip flop, do it with gusto. Apparently, that’s the attitude taken by Forrester Research which has for years — credit for consistency — strongly advocated against Macs. Now, the enterprise consultant not only says Macs are good, they’re promoting digital diversity and have created an acronym to push the concept.
On and on it goes, though I’m still eating up. Come next Wednesday America’s Public Broadcasting System will show what probably will be the last major tribute to the erstwhile Apple CEO. The big reveal with this broadcast is the inclusion of video footage from Robert X. Cringely’s 1994 interview with Jobs. Step inside for the details, where to tune in.
Did you know that Apple facilities in Austin, TX; Sacramento, CA; and Cork, Ireland, are 100 percent powered by renewable energy? Me neither. However, the Cupertino kids aren’t through yet as a new report details an new effort to build a 170 acre solar array, which is a fraction of the vacant land the company owns there.
We’ve been hearing rumors of an imminent refresh and now it’s here. We have modest processor speed increases, larger hard drives and better graphics. However, Apple didn’t give every model the same tweaks, so step inside for the details and there are plenty. But, no, the MacBook Air remains untouched.
And, the soundbites continue roll. Walter Isaacson’s biography of the iconic CEO ships on Monday, for those that got in early, yet the web is already awash in quotes. That said, although I ordered the hardcover version months ago, it wouldn’t ship until October 27 and I’ve since canceled that, purchasing the Kindle edition instead.
The US Senate has passed a bill that would sanction China for manipulating its currency and the Obama Administration approved a deal to upgrade Taiwan’s aging F-16 fighters — what the heck do these things have to do with a MacBook Pro’s Aluminum unibody enclosure? Perhaps nothing, perhaps everything.
Who would have ever believed the Apple CEO’s life could be cited as a cautionary tale? Thereupon, what’s the difference between life and death or maybe a few more years of life? In Steve Jobs case, it just might have been the nine months he delayed having treatment, seeking instead “alternative” treatments including diet and “spiritual” healers.
What’s eating you? If you’re a Windows PC manufacturer, chances are the answer is Apple. Cupertino all but owns the rapidly expanding tablet market, which is displacing PC sales, and is taking an ever growing share of the desktop market, having outgrown the industry for nearly six years.
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