Week 3 of the Switch

14Mar07

It’s now been three weeks since I switched1 to the Mac and so far it’s been a great experience. It’s certainly helped in that I know a number of other people who have switched, or are relatively long-time Mac users, who have been able to help me out with various tips and tricks2. It’s [...]

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I’ve Switched… (sort of)

22Feb07

A couple of weeks ago I finally did what I’ve been promising to do for months now and finally bought myself a Mac. Originally I was going to pick up a MacMini but I already have one desktop machine in the house and it was going to be hard to justify buying another one.
I [...]

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Apple TV and iPhone

25Jan07

Early last year1 I talked about how I felt the iPod was such a strong seller in the MP3 market because of the Apple brand and that Sony blew it in a space they should have owned. Since then Sony have come out with the hard-drive based Walkman and a rake of other MP3 [...]

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Apple Media Mac?

21Mar06

A couple of weeks ago myself and Olivier had some discussions over Apple, Microsoft and Media PCs. Simplifying things, and without getting into the guts of the arg…discussion, Olivier felt that Apple were already competing with Microsoft’s MCE because the Mac can play video, while I disagreed because I believe that a true media [...]

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Microsoft iPod Box

03Mar06

As I mentioned in an earlier posting, the iPod box is an example of Apple’s ability to produce really nice stuff. The difference in style between Microsoft and Apple seems to be pretty fundamental (see this comparison between the presentation style of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs for example). Now someone has produced [...]

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