Bryan Chaffin

It seems that everyone wants to follow Apple into the space that Apple says can’t make money. Reuters is reporting that HP is going to be the latest me-too company in the music download business, following such runners-up as Roxio, MusicMatch, BuyMusic.com, and Dell Computer. Like Dell, HP is also going to be selling its…

One of the myths many Mac users encounter every day is the idea that Macs are more expensive than PCs. Today we have a story from Aussie magazine Australian IT that offers a bit of first-hand proof that this is a myth. The magazine has published an article about an Aussie business that dumped its…

One might think that Michael Dell is getting tired of hearing that Apple’s R&D is better than Dell’s. In an interview with C|Net, Mr. Dell responded to questions that compared Dell’s R&D efforts to that of Apple. In his responses, Mr. Dell defends his company’s R&D legacy by emphasizing that it’s supposed to be good…

Apple has unveiled new G5-optimized versions of three of its professional creative apps. Final Cut Pro 4, Shake 3, and DVD Studio Pro 2 have all been updated to take specific advantage of the G5 processor in Apple’s Power Mac G5. The updates are free to owners of the current versions of those apps. From…

Apple has announced a couple of major changes to the Power Mac G5 line. First up, the company has lowered the price of the entry-level 1.6 GHz model to US$1,799, a US$200 reduction. The machine remains unchanged otherwise. Apple has also made the 1.8 GHz model a dual-processor unit, keeping the same price of US$2,499.…

Let’s see; Germany told them, "Auf Wiedersehen," China said, "Huí tóu jiàn," and now it looks as if Brazil is bidding Microsoft a not so fond, "adeus!" It seems that Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, believes that one way to help bridge the social/economic gap between the haves and the have-nots in his…

When Fred Anderson speaks, people listen; he is Apple’s Chief Financial Officer, after all, and has helped Steve Jobs steer Apple out of rough times to its present profit-making presence. Mr. Anderson addressed a group of University of Michigan business students recently as the key speaker in a year-long series of speakers sponsored by the…

"Mac or PC?" So rang out the most intense question in the most recent debate between Democratic candidates for US President. Of the eight candidates in the debate, all but Carol Moseley Braun and John Kerry fessed up to being PC users, most likely of the Windows variety. OK, so it was hardly the most…

When Apple launched the Power Mac G5, it did so with a claim that the G5 was the world’s fastest personal computer. From Steve Jobs touting this at the WWDC, to promotional messages on Apple’s Web site, to a TV commercial that ran for a few weeks, the claim of "world’s fastest" was made loud…

Apple has produced a very stable, very secure operating system in OS X, but what happens when a new version comes out, like the recent OS X 10.3? According to an article at C|Net, OS X 10.2 users have been denied a security update, while users of the hot-off-the-presses version of the operating system were…

Apple’s product roll out events are old-hat now. Apple announces a new product, schedules a big promotion in each of its Apple Stores, and then has the kinds of crowds that other retailers only dream about lining up outside the store before the event even opens. Such was the case this past weekend with the…

Apple has teamed up with Pepsi to give away 100 million free iTunes Music Store (iTMS) songs. Starting February 1st, 100 million 20 ounce and 1 liter bottles of Pepsi will have codes under the cap for a free iTMS song. The promotion will kick off with a Super Bowl ad, and will run through…