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• About today’s Macbook announcements

  Apple released evolutionary updates to their MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro notebook computers today. My take? Whoop-de-freaking-do. Posted Oct 14 2008, 05:55 PM by pthurrott with | with 109 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Mac, Alt. Windows, Mobile, Commentary

• Mac laptops cost twice as much as PC laptops

  So this one is sure to draw some fire. I should note that in my own experiences shopping for notebooks (and yes, I did recently buy a Macbook), Macs are definitely more expensive than PCs. However, I’ve never seen the 100 percent markup described here... Posted Aug 06 2008, 07:36 AM by pthurrott with | with 47 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Mac, Alt. Windows, Vista, Commentary

• I bought a new MacBook ... to run Windows. Why?

  Through a long and circuitous route, I ended up at the Apple Store in Braintree, Massachusetts yesterday, and bought a MacBook . The where, what, and why of this transaction may be of interest. (Or it may not. I will at least point out that among my blogging... Posted Jun 16 2008, 11:13 AM by pthurrott with | with 42 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Mac, Alt. Windows, Personal, Vista, Commentary

• The iPhone is not a UMPC, sorry

  The Apple Blog engages in a bit of wishful thinking : Microsoft had their chance at defining a market. They pushed for the creation of the Ultramobile PCs (“UMPCs”). The Windows-based mini-tablets have not found their market. However, the Apple iPhone... Posted Sep 24 2007, 09:37 AM by pthurrott with | with no comments Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Mac, Internet, Alt. Windows, Digital media