In a little bit of a surprise move, Apple this morning announced the next version of their desktop operating system, 10.8, to be known as Mountain Lion. It appears that Mountain Lion will continue the trend started by Lion of incorporating features of iOS, the operating system on the iPad,  [ Read More ]

Welcome back for round two of my (semi)regular feature, Mac Mythbusting! This time around I’ll be tackling a subject that is near and dear to my own heart, the question of whether or not Mac computers are good for gaming. This debate has raged for years, and has become a  [ Read More ]

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions that surround Apple products. Being the sole Mac user in a family of PC owners (including my wife, I’m sorry to say), I’ve heard just about all of them. There are an awful lot of people with preconceived notions about computers, so  [ Read More ]

Have you noticed that your iDevice has been struggling to make it through the day under Apple’s newest software? You’re not alone. Legions of people have complained of shortened battery life while running iOS 5, and Apple admits that it’s an issue. Yesterday they unleashed iOS 5.0.1, an upgrade that  [ Read More ]

It’s nothing mind-blowing, but Apple quietly made some improvements to its MacBook Pro line. The exterior design remains unchanged, but the internals have been shaken up a bit. For starters, the 15- and 17-inch variants can now be equipped with a Radeon 6770M discrete GPU, which should make all of  [ Read More ]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard something about Apple’s new iPhone. The rumor mill worked overtime this year, and yesterday Tim Cook and co. finally put all of those rumors to rest. The result? The iPhone 4S. Like the iPhone 3G to 3GS upgrade, the physical  [ Read More ]