This video has been around for a while, but I’ve just run across it. Besided showing the difference between how Apple and Microsoft approach their customers, it’s just bad design.
Apple’s approach is to make a product that people love to use because it is well designed, easy to use and looks great. [...]
Tagged Apple, design, Microsoft, youtubeThe Case for SSDs in New MacBook Pros: “
Killer Quote:
The author is betting that with twice the storage at half the price, in the span of just 9 months, Apple will take the plunge, follow Dell’s lead and offer this decent sized SSD across the entire MBP product line.
Since when has Apple ever followed Dell’s [...]
Tagged Apple, dell, hardware, ssdDell vs. Apple: Why It May Be Personal: Opinion/Interviews: Dell vs. Apple: Why It May Be Personal
Some outstanding business brilliance from Dell.
Dell will give other companies the software to help establish the standard and will make its money selling PCs and other hardware.
What a novel idea. Making money off of the product you make. [...]
Tagged dell, iPod, iTunes, MusicI don’t mean to pour any more gasoline on this fire but here goes. There has been A LOT of talk lately about the health of Steve Jobs and the possible return of his cancer. This comes from a friend of mine who is an oncologist. Once your cancer has been in [...]
Tagged cancer, health, opinion, SteveJobsAs predicted, Rogers is playing fuck the consumer
Rogers says Canadian iPhone 3G plans to start at $60 for 150 mins: “Rogers Wireless, Canada’s exclusive service provider for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 3G handset, announced Friday that monthly service plans for the new touch-screen handset will start at $60 for 150 anytime minutes, 75 outgoing text messages, [...]
According to The Boy Genius… Rogers makes new BlackBerry plans official:
This, to me anyway, is a pretty good indicator that Apple is dictating data plan terms. If not just to Rogers, then to most telcos. We all know that if it were up to Rogers (or any provider) there would be no [...]
Tagged Apple, blackberry, canada, cellphone, dataplan, iPhone, RIM, rogersFrom a piece over at Infinite Loop, Rogers reevaluating plan pricing ahead of iPhone 3G
Rogers COO Nadir Mohamed told the National Post. “We’ll be changing our prices to reflect that.” He added that Rogers is looking to make its pricing more flexible and easy to understand, and hopes to “drive the adoption of mobile [...]
Tagged Apple, canada, iPhone, rogersIn the past product shortages are one of the first signs that an Apple product is readying for an update. They have to do something to make the iPod Touch more appealing with the upcoming release of the iPhone 3g. This is probably the first sign.
iPod Touch Suffering Supply Shortages
Tagged Apple, iPhone, iPod, touchIs any one else having problems with .Mac webmail today? It’s been going on all day. I’m having some issues moving messages around and deleting items. Getting lots of pop ups that say that it can’t complete the action. Then again it just might be our firewall/proxy server. I Hope [...]
Tagged .mac, dotmac, firewall, internet, proxy, webmailOk. We’re back. I’ve switched hosting services. There was an outage for a day or so, but all seems to be back and running now. Hopefully things will be faster now.