Daniel Eran Dilger
How long will Apple continue to support existing models of Macs in the latest version of Mac OS X? Previous versions of Apple’s OS have drawn the line for officially supported Macs based on practical considerations, rather than just being arbitrary or artificial. Here’s what the past suggests for Mac OS X Leopard and the version that comes after it.
Entries from September 2007 ↓
Leopard and the History and Future of Mac OS X on PowerPC
September 30th, 2007 — Markets, Software, Tech, the Media
Forbes’ Fake Steve Jobs Is Also Fake On Apple
September 25th, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
Daniel Lyons is the author of the Fake Steve Jobs blog and a columnist at Forbes. After developing a reputation for attacking bloggers, open source, and any alternatives to Microsoft, Lyons has shed his skin to escape from one scandal while at the same time squirming into position to choke the truth out of his next victim: Apple.
EU Urged to Open Microsoft’s Monopoly Billions to Free Market Competition
September 24th, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
After the European Court of First Instance upheld its antitrust decision against Microsoft, professional Windows Enthusiasts all worked to spin Microsoft’s setback as bad news for Apple. They hoped and prayed Apple might be similarly restricted by the EU courts–but immediately, rather than after ten years of deliberation as was the case with Microsoft.
Forbes Prints Insanely Self Serving Attack on iTunes by MediaNet CEO Alan McGlade
September 22nd, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
Forbes, best known to many readers as the soapbox Daniel Lyons used to promote–perhaps unwittingly–a pro-Microsoft agenda backing SCO and vilifying Linux and open source, has taken another opportunity to present outrageously false information serving the interests of Microsoft: an impassioned outcry of rage over the success of iTunes.
BBC’s Bill Thompson Hates Being Fingered As a Fraud
September 22nd, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
In response to the article “BBC Prints Irresponsible Rubbish on Apple,” Bill Thompson wrote me explaining that he didn’t like being called out on his errors. However, he failed to explain how he was accurate in his rambling diatribe assailing Apple as equal to Microsoft in anticompetitive, market monopolizing behavior.
BBC Prints Irresponsible Rubbish on Apple
September 20th, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
The BBC has joined the London tabloid press in printing a series of articles skewering Apple over invented suppositions based entirely upon misinformed speculation and some outright lies. The worst part is that the BBC is being grossly hypocritical in its misinformation campaign against Apple, because the company is up to its eyeballs in the Microsoft-encrusted scandal surrounding its proprietary, Windows-only iPlayer imbroglio.
UK Tabloids Pick Up Zoon Awards for Technical Incompetence
September 20th, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
It’s not just the American media that is desperate to publish misleading or downright false information in attempts to prevent the erosion of existing barriers to innovation. The release of the iPhone in the UK touched off a flurry of snide reporting worthy of being Zooned.
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Office Wars 4 - Microsoft’s Assault on Lotus and IBM
September 19th, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
IBM’s announcement of the new Lotus Symphony suite is an interesting turn of events because it signals a revenge strike against Microsoft’s Office hegemony. It is particularly interesting that it is based on OpenOffice, allowing IBM to pair the support of the industry and community backing the open source suite with its own position in the Enterprise with Lotus Notes.
New York Times Violates its Own Microsoft Shill Policy
September 19th, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
Randall Stross tried to explain in the New York Times that Apple is bungling its limited window of opportunity to sell Macs as Microsoft recovers from its Windows Vista retail sales flop. In doing so, he had to rely on overly broad generalizations, ignore well known retail realities, and violate the Times’ ban on interviewing Microsoft’s weaselly shills.
New iPod Reviews: 3G iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod touch
September 17th, 2007 — Tech
Daniel Eran Dilger
Can a 6.5mm thin device really deliver a usable Keynote presentation on a TV? Why doesn’t the iPod Touch offer a hard drive option? Is the Touch really an ‘iPhone without the phone’? Is the new iTunes WiFi Store usable? I did a series or reviews for AppleInsider ferreting out the details on Apple’s new iPod lineup to find out.
