iPod Shuffle to be fashion statement
January 18, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 6 Comments
Forget the criticism over no display screen. The Shuffle is one hot product. The Shuffle offers the simplicity and ease of use that Apple engineering is so justly famous for.
Here’s my Front Page review of the Shuffle from today’s Freep. MIKE WENDLAND: Apple’s latest tune player comes with sense of style
Two years since my switch: Why I love Macs
January 15, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 8 Comments
I just celebrated my two year anniversary of being - near as I can - an all-Mac operation in my personal computing.
Ten overwhelmingly positive experiences have kept me strongly in the fold:
For me, Macs have made the last two years an adventure just waiting to be clicked.
Feel free to add your reasons in comments.
Backlash over Net junk
January 14, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 1 Comment
The backlash has begun. No More Internet for Them.
Sigh.
All this could so easily be avoided if these folks used a Mac.
Generate your own corporate-speak
January 13, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 1 Comment
If your boss says things like it’s time to “architect holistic niches” or he tells you you have to “visualise end-to-end methodologies,” you probably can use this site… Corporate BS Generator.
Little threat of cell phone viruses
January 13, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 1 Comment
Here’s at least one thing we don’t have to worry about. Viruses small threat to cell phones
Apple’s Mac will be product of the year
January 12, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 7 Comments
Never before have I seen such interest in all things Mac. There is not a day that goes by now that I don’t hear from one or two people who have had it with Windows.
Yesterday’s introduction of the $499 Mac mini will only increase the movement.
Steve Jobs is brilliant. I predict tens of thousands of these will quickly be sold and hook a whole new market on the Mac. Then, those initial mini buyers will soon pass it on to the spouse or the kids and - spoiled by OS X and the Mac’s immunity from worms and viruses and the security disaster that characterizes Microsoft products - buy themselves iMacs, G5s and PowerBooks.
And I can’t wait to start using Pages, the new Apple word processor. With the new iWork suite, added to iCal, Address Book, Safari, iSync and the whole line of OS X software, it’s now possible to effectively and powerfully be Microsoft-free.
Microsoftians, I know, are scoffing.
But the momentum is there.
Macs are about to become as hot as iPods. Apple may not sell 10 million Macs as it has with the iPod, but watch sales skyrocket.
And when the new Tiger OS is introduced this summer, they will only get hotter.
We’re only a dozen days into 2005, but come December, I’m ready to predict Apple and the Mac will be the tech pundit’s choice as product of the year.
iWork rings my bell
January 11, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 7 Comments
I know we need some time to fully digest all the great Apple announcements today. But the new Apple iWork suite has excited me the most. I can tell you right now, I’d stand in line to buy this software. Bring it on, Steve.
Stripped down $499 Mac
January 11, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 9 Comments
And here’s welcome news confirming our big buzz item of the last month - there really will be a $499 Mac!MSNBC - Apple unveils low-cost Mac, iPod
iPod Shuffle
January 11, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 2 Comments
I need one of these! Apple introduces iPod shuffle | MacMinute News
My CES “High Tech Talk” report for NBC-TV stations
January 11, 2005 by Mike Wendland · Leave a Comment
Here’s my NBC-TV High Tech Talk report this week from the just-ended Consumer Electronics Show that shows off big plasma TV screens and the new Internet phones.
Cringely’s predictions for 2005
January 10, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 1 Comment
I love this guy. I know, a lot of people don’t. I think he’s (mostly) right on. He really does get IT.
Here’s his predictions for 2005. Look at his riff on Apple and the $6 billion Steve Jobs has in cash to spend.
See why Apple will be so interesting to watch this week and the rest of the year?
Hype is high for Apple
January 10, 2005 by Mike Wendland · 1 Comment
Whew! The hype surrounding Apple and Steve Job’s keynote at Macworld Tuesday is huge.
Speculation is we’ll see a cheap, flash-based iPod, a so-called “headless” Mac that will sell without a monitor for under $500 and a new productivity suite of software dubbed by the rumor sites as iWork.
Then again, except for the flash-based iPod (which seems a done deal), none may be true.
Whatever, there are sure High hopes for Macworld.
