E-Commerce News: Desktops

Ruling Snuffs Psystar's Mac Dreams
November 16, 2009

Apple has won a summary judgment in its copyright infringement case against Psystar. The Miami-based startup turned heads last year with its offer of a $400 Mac clone -- that is, non-Apple hardware running the Mac OS X Leopard operating system. Several claims in the case remain to be briefed and tried if it doesn't settle first, but it likely will.

An Android Advance, a Patent Punch and More Tablet Temblors
October 28, 2009

avweTalk that Apple is inching ever closer to making its rumored tablet computer a reality is making the rounds. In fact, Cupertino could sell more than 2 million tablets in 2010, according to the expectations of analyst Brian Marshall. Meanwhile, Apple should continue to gain strength in other areas with the new iMacs it introduced last week and the strength of its iTunes App Store.

The Juggernaut's New iMac
October 21, 2009

Apple launched three new products Tuesday just hours after disclosing details on the most successful non-holiday quarter in the company's history. The new hardware includes new iMac models, a new sub-$1,000 MacBook and a multitouch mouse that Apple has dubbed the "Magic Mouse." On Wall Street, the company's revelations sent its stock climbing.

Does Green Matter to You?
September 07, 2009

I'm at IFA as I write this, and in Europe, green clearly does matter. Here, they even have a viable Green Party, but in the U.S., I sometimes wonder whether we care. This was showcased in a presentation in which Sony ranked geographical areas in terms of the importance of green, and the U.S. came in last.

The Shuffle's Mad Margins, AT&T's Separation Anxiety, and Visions of an $899 iMac
April 17, 2009

Conversation in the Apple-focused blogosphere is all over the map this week, but with Apple in the tech world's driver seat these days, wide-ranging activity is only to be expected. Out of dozens of news nuggets, here are three that create some interesting glimmers.

Will Artists Still Love Macs Tomorrow?
March 26, 2009

Michael Gibbs, an illustrator based in Northern Virginia, describes working on a Mac Pro in terms that suggest a Zen-like trance: "I can't explain it well, but you are not even really aware you are using a computer program -- the design applications are that intuitive."

Surge'n'Slide: iPhone Heads for Hot Summer as Mac Sales Chill
March 18, 2009

Sales of the Apple iPhone grew faster than any other smartphone on the market in 2008, according to new data from Gartner. Customers bought 11.4 million iPhones last year, up 245.7 percent compared to the 3.3 million iPhones bought in 2007. Apple's share of the global smartphone market grew to 8.2 percent, up from 2.7 percent in 2007.

Mac Bloggers Mentally Dissect Latest Desktops
March 06, 2009

Apple's desktop Mac update dominated the conversation in the Apple blogosphere this week. The company put out two press releases and updated its online store with little fanfare, but it was enough to spark posts galore. Meanwhile, might Apple's iPhone Safari mobile browser share be slipping? With its new desktop Macs, Apple basically kept the form factors for its iMac, Mac mini, and Mac Pro the same.

Apple's Debut of New Mac Models Light on Fanfare
March 04, 2009

Most of the hubbub out of Apple the past few days has focused on the company's refreshing of its desktop Mac line of personal computers. However, fans of Apple notebooks also got some good news -- the company injected the 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro with faster processing speed, more memory and longer battery life.

Apple Re-Guts Desktops Large and Small
March 03, 2009

Apple has updated its online store and announced new desktop Macs, including a refreshed all-in-one iMac, a new Mac mini, and a revamped professional-grade Mac Pro. Overall, the updates include faster processors, more RAM, bigger hard drives and new graphics processors.

How to Build a Mac Home Network
December 29, 2008

Most home networks are cobbled together without a lot of forethought about which devices are used to create it. For most, the decision is basically to use whatever their service provider shipped in a cardboard box. Whether they're going for wireless or wired, homeowners often haven't thought through their options.

A Dream Home for the True Blue Apple Fan
December 23, 2008

Way back in 1950, science fiction giant Ray Bradbury wrote a short story, "There Will Come Soft Rains," about a smart house that did just about everything for its resident family -- including cooking breakfast and keeping track of the bills. Unfortunately, all members of that family, along with all inhabitants of the town, were obliterated by a nuclear explosion. The house, though, kept right on going.

Mac Bloggers Muse on a Macworld Without a Mac Maker
December 19, 2008

It's been a wild ride this week in the Apple-focused blogging world, thanks to Apple's bombshell statement that CEO Steve Jobs would not be giving his usual wildly anticipated keynote address at Macworld in January. In addition, after 2009's show, Apple itself will make no more appearances. All Apple did was put out a dinky little press release, and boom, the blog traffic erupted in a hot rain of speculation.

Analyst: November Mac Sales Off Nearly 40 Percent
December 16, 2008

Apple is having a rough week. On Sunday, Goldman Sachs downgraded its stock to "neutral" from "buy," citing a poor selling environment. In fact, Apple's desktop sales dropped 38 percent in November, according to research firm NPD Group. Non-Apple desktop sales dropped just 15 percent, it said.

Psystar Takes Another Nip at Apple's Heels
December 11, 2008

A Florida-based company that makes Mac clones has upped the ante in its ongoing copyright litigation against Apple. In its latest claim in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Psystar claims that Apple has injected code into a version of its Mac OS X software that makes it impossible for unauthorized third-party computers to run the operating system.

Mac Bloggers Sweat the Small Stuff: Tiny iPhone Keypads, Shrinking Flash Prices, Mac Minis
November 07, 2008

The Apple-focused blogosphere has been filled with lots of action this week, but few items of note drew on Apple's new launches this fall -- like new iPods and MacBooks. Indeed, the news this week has been about a multitude of smaller items, like Apple's Tony Fadell, the "grandfather of the iPod," stepping down. Meanwhile, news over Apple and IBM's tug-o-war with Mark Papermaster, a top IBM chip designer, continues.