Over at Engadget they have reports of new i7 iMacs arriving DOA or with their screens cracked. It seems even the folks at Engadget received their i7 iMac and it was also DOA. To their credit Apple is responding immediately to this problem and making good on replacing the faulty products.
Engadget also reports the following:
Apple’s [...]
Once upon a time Dell was the darling of the computer industry. It was #1 in sales and its technical support was rated #1 as well. But times changed and slowly the company lost market share to HP and others. When its technical support went to India, consumer complaints were loud and clear. So several [...]
Reliability for notebook computers according to a publication by Square Trade rates Asus as the most reliable and HP the least reliable. So who is Square Trade? It is a company that offers warranties on computer systems and its results were based on 30,000 notebooks that required repairs. The chart below shows which computers it [...]
Yesterday, November 11, 2009, many of the news services were reporting on an interview with Microsoft partner group manager, Simon Aldous. The article, which has been quoted around the Internet, is titled ‘Microsoft’s New Vision.’ Microsoft claims that the statement is being misquoted by the Apple fanboy sites that seem to be enjoying themselves at [...]
As the world wide recession lingers on and more people struggle to make ends meet, more people are hanging on to their older computer systems. We are all aware that businesses failed to embrace Windows Vista and continue to use the reliable, though aging, Windows XP. But no matter how many consumers or businesses try [...]
The conspiracy theorists are already out in force trying to convince us that there is another conspiracy being hatched by Microsoft. This plot suggests that Microsoft purposely priced the Windows 7 upgrade high in order to dissuade people from upgrading. The plot suggests that Microsoft wants people to buy new computers instead.
In a recent article [...]
Though I am not a Mac user nor an Apple product user, I always enjoy seeing what the people at Apple introduce. Their latest introductions can only be described with one word: WOW! Their new products include a redesigned entry-level MacBook, the iMac, and the Mac mini. Oh, yeah. They even have a new mouse. [...]
Over at CNET, writer Dong Ngo has an interesting article in which he has made a comparison of Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Apple’s Snow Leopard. The writer states he used the same computer to run both operating systems individually, using the new Bootcamp version 3.0 which he states made Windows run even better on a [...]
Well it seems all of the rumors about Google Chrome OS being released into the wild were just rumors. Rumors that it seems someone is trying to make a buck on. So before you pay someone to get a phony release, stay calm, cool, and collected. Some people in the technology field seem to think [...]
October 22nd is when Microsoft will be launching its newest operating system, which it calls Windows 7. It is expected that consumers will be buying a lot of new computers this coming year. Since Apple picked up a lot of former PC users who were unwilling to use Vista, Apple seems to think it can [...]
According to the AppleInsider, Apple continues to gain market share and is now claiming 9.4% of computer sales. According to a recent article:
Overall, Apple came in fourth for U.S. vendors, selling an estimated 1.64 million Macs stateside during the frame. That’s up 11.8 percent from the 1.47 million the company sold in the same frame [...]
What is being touted as a simpler way to connect gadgets is about to come our way. Called Wi-Fi Direct, the new technology is being supported by Intel, Cisco, and Apple. The process is said to make setting up a Wi-Fi network for home owners, which can be a hassle, a lot easier. But it [...]
The folks over at Skype, the free VoIP company, are happy that AT&T has opened their 3G network for their clients to use. In a blog post, the Skype team states that its offering of an iPhone and iPod touch device application is now on 10% of the Apple products. The blog posting also states [...]
According to the latest statistics, in homes that have computers, Mac is at 12% market share. That is up from 9% from the year before. Which does make one believe that those Apple ads may be working after all. Or is it that Vista was so crappy [according to some] that people decided to change? [...]
Profitability has been elusive for the publishing companies but they may have stumbled on a way to turn things around. The people over at Time Inc. have come up with the idea of a Hulu for publishing. Time Inc, seems to be attracting some other notables like publishers of Hearst and Condé Nast may [...]
I just read over at the AppleInsider that Apple has applied to the FCC for two new devices using Bluetooth, one is a keyboard and the other is a new mouse design.
But what I found odd is this statement:
The new hardware, people familiar with the matter have said, will do away with the mechanical roller [...]
At a recent Virus Bulletin conference one of the attendees found one topic extremely interesting. The topic was about the Russian “Partnerka”, which has been mutated to attack Mac computer systems. The attendee knew that a majority of Mac users have no anti-malware software in place and could be easily infected. At the same conference [...]
When Google introduced their Google Frame to help make Microsoft’s browser Internet Explorer web compliant, testing by PC World confirmed the following:
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer zips through JavaScript nearly ten times faster than usual when Google’s new Chrome Frame plug-in is partnered with the browser, benchmark tests show.
According to tests run by Computerworld , Internet Explorer [...]
Yesterday I was talking to my nephew about the deal Microsoft is offering to students who can purchase Windows 7 Home Premium for $30. My nephew wondered out loud why this wasn’t being done for all consumers? It made me think why wasn’t Microsoft giving all consumers the same deal?
IMHO I believe that Microsoft does [...]
Over at Betanews I just finished reading an article by Joe Wilcox on why he dumped Snow Leopard for Windows 7. Joe describes himself as both a Mac and PC user, He also stated how he used a Mac Pro for most of the summer but recently returned to Windows 7 which he describes as, [...]
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