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Over the weekend I twittered about a follow up visit to Best Buy. Given the volume of mail I received in response to my post on shopping trips to local Apple Store and my neighbouhood Best Buy (the good, the bad... you get the picture), I thought
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(Note 030609: A thanks to Rob Pegoraro's Tweet today . You should also read my follow up to this post, "Best Buy Revisited: Buying a PC at retail isn't as bad as I first found" . In this economy retail needs to shine. See more in my Apple Store experience
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An old friend of mine, the irrepressible Tim Bucher , is in the news this week, as he's preparing to go toe to toe, so to speak, with Apple's supported ecosystem... "Now Bucher is again squaring off against his former company. He's spearheading an ambitious
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A quick post to provide some pricing perspective on Windows vs. Mac PCs, as we look to the upcoming back to school sales. Last week, Joe Wilcox posted a piece on Microsoft Watch noting that the regarding pricing on Vista PCs "These Prices Are Insane!"...
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A quick reading list as I post before leaving the office (yes, early today... we have a busy weekend and I was up until too late last night working on, well, work ;). On top of that, I'm a week behind in posting the reading list. I have to go home and
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If you didn't get one at launch, like waiting in lines and are an early bird by nature, John Paczkowski of AllThingsD reports that Apple is extending iPhone lines at their stores for an additional two hours , opening at 8:00AM... "Great news for the Mac
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Echoing the Computerworld post of 11 cool new apps for the iPhone, and my stab at similar Windows Mobile apps , the venerable Seattle Times has an article by Jeff Carlson discussing iPhone applications in his practical Mac column . (As noted on the site,
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In an update to my post No Safari option for me on Apple Software Update , thanks (as always) to Microsoft MVP Blake Handler for this update. Dan Cunningham documented how to disable this update .... Offered as an FYI, YMMV, as modifying the registry
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It's a busy season, and it's taken a toll on my ability to post this week. But a canceled meeting and I pop up my head for lunch as well as a look at the RSS feed for news... So, it's interesting to note the news today: looks like the mood changed at
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So, the controversy is nothing new, and nearly as old as the as Apple 1984 commercial . I've posted previously at Mac and PC Security and noted that -- no matter what connected platform you use -- there's no immunity from security vulnerabilities . And
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Out of the mouths of babes, or in this case our soon-to-be seven year old son. Over dinner I asked... CJ, what's a Zune? [he uses a 30GB model for music and videos] CJ: "Zune is a type of iPod, but it's bigger." How is the Zune different from the iPod?
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A quick post as I run off to lunch... a question I received yesterday from a friend as I was doing mail on my 8525... "What's the difference between the AT&T 8525 [aka HTC Wizard] and the new iPhone?" Let's point the wayback machine to June, 2007,
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A number of people have left some great comments on the blog re: my post on how Apple compares the simplicity of their iMac vs. the cable mess associated with a Windows PC . And again, the standard disclaimer: I own PCs, Macs and other various computer
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There is an amusing image on Apple's web site that compares the cable mess that apparently doesn't burden the new Apple imac as compared with the Dell XPS 410 . OK, for a second, dispell belief. The Mac has a single cable coming from it, assuming that
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Seth Godin writes yesterday about his recent trip to the Soho Apple Store and how it is really, an "it" store. This is my paraphrase of the 'it' girl : Apple Stores have become the young, hip retailer, famed for the good presentation, charm of their staff
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