“Overall, 2006 was a very good year for technology and computer consumers,” Mark Kellner writes for The Washington Times. “Best company: Apple Computer Inc. Yes, it did it again, but this time with astonishing grace. Switching an entire product line from the Motorola/IBM-made PowerPC chip to Intel Corp.’s processors is one of the most daring, and potentially daunting, moves in a long time. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company did it with tremendous speed and performance gains.”
Kellner writes, “This is a good place to mention Apple’s service: For me and those I know, Apple’s ability to resolve problems have left people smiling. Having solid products and superb support earn Apple a tremendous distinction in a sea of half-baked computer solutions about which there is often much wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
Kellner writes, “Also praiseworthy is Herndon company Parallels Inc., whose Parallels Desktop software lets Mac and Linux users run Windows side by side.”
Full article here.
I can hear the slapping of cheeks already. All the people that I recommended a Mac to, but chose to go with something “cheaper” will finally see the truth from another perspective… reality.
Well, I knew buying the Times was a good decision. They have good reporters! Even if they aren’t moonies and didn’t have me arrange their marriages.
Whether The Washington Times is a troll or an Apple devotee, they’re at best boring and at worst painfully monotonous and excruciatingly repetitive. The fact people enjoy their paper only proves to me that they are as immature and dimwitted as The Washington Times.
Looks like Zune Tang (or one of his poofs on parade) can’t generate a cogent and independent thought. It’s a damn shame that this moron who maliciously mimics his betters not only repeats his own threads ad nauseum, he plagiarizes the threads of others. That would make the false poster not only an idiot but a lazy idiot.
The real Huh? abides
Ahhhh, gnash my teeth daily do I. At work…..on my POS PC…..
They ain’t seen nothing yet! Wait ’til the end of 2007!
Well, I dunno… I seem pretty real to me.. – nice take on my moniker, though, what with the cap H and all…
I happen to think Zune Tang is funny as hell. A bit of humor is often needed amongst the many posters who take themselves so seriously. Please don’t tell us you think ZT’s actually serious?
Regardless of the source, it’s sure a different world these days (comparing to the not-too-distant past) when APPL gets decent press. As the formerly ignorant take a closer look, more praise will be forthcoming. Let’s be happy, APPL fans.
The genuine huh? (Okay, Huh? – you can be the “real” and I’ll be the “genuine.”
oh yay can i play the font game too? åsshøle
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Wait, lemme get this straight: The Moonies AND the Ditto-Heads love Macs now? Uh buoy. What’s that old saying about being judged by the company you keep …?
At one level I think it’s hysterical how so many former conservative M$ apologists (“F**k Apple & Netscape – Bill Gates is just a good capitalist!!”) are now converts. At another … well, there goes the neighborhood.
I may have to take another look at Linux
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Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
In other words, Good Riddance!
Kate
P.S. Think you could take some of your ideological soul-mates w/you?
You know the types, dorks who wear their politics on their sleeves on a COMPUTER site.
Kate
Odyssey67,
You Americans have two centrist parties to choose from, the liberal Republicans or the conservative Democrats. There is no real choice in America. Just two parties that are the mirror images of each other.
I am amazed that a country can be so polarized by 2 choices that are so similar.
What you need is a real Right and a real Left.
Communism or Fascism, those were choices. Good times!
is anyone keeping track of
Apple bug a day month?
and….. what’s it’s purpose?
Also from the article:
” • Best hand-helds: Palm Computing Inc., whose mastery of the phone-PDA metier is difficult to question. Its Treo device, revised in several flavors in 2006, is a wonderful, workable and dependable tool that would be better only if everyone’s Web site were more mobile-accessible (some standard Web pages take a bit long to load and work).
But that’s a relatively small price to pay for unencumbered excellence. I have used the device in places exotic and “regular,” and it has worked well.
Palm does face a bit of a challenge from Research In Motion and its BlackBerry line, especially the Pearl. Therefore, what Palm comes up with this year should be interesting to see. “
No mention of possible competition from Apple. While a smart phone by Apple rivaling Palm and BlackBerry is hardly a done deal, it remains one of the most talked about tech rumors of the past year.
Time will tell if Apple steps into this arena, but if it does, Palm’s real challenge won’t be BlackBerry..
Also also from the article:
“Most needs improvement: Comcast, whose idea of customer service is, frankly, Dickensian. I’ve had several harrowing and annoying recent experiences, and am grateful the Federal Communications Commission has voted to increase competition for television service.”
I don’t have Comcast, but I’ve heard more complaints from my friends who have it than any other online service in my whole entire lifetime.
The only reason I even know that Comcast is involved in online services is because I’ve heard soo many people bitching about them. Literally dozens of people have had various problems with them, some serious.
I have Verizon, and while their cell phone technology stinks, they deliver the internet flawlessly.
Nice to hear from you sweetie – glad to see you made it to 2007! Still shrill as ever I see. Oh well. How was your annual New Years bar crawl?
“Think you could take some of your ideological soul-mates w/you?”
Maybe I would, if there were any.
“You know the types, dorks who wear their politics on their sleeves on a COMPUTER site.”
Oh, THOSE types.
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Happy 2007!
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Hats off to Kate, posting as ‘Hey, Odyssey67…’
Loved it.
huh? or Huh?
Can’t make up yer mind who the hell you are or what moniker to use, eh? Regular MDN visitors know that I think that Zune Tang is a one trick pony and a lame one trick pony at that. I’ll change my name, if I have to, but you can’t change me, you pitiful bastard.
The real Huh? always abides.
“Hats off to Kate, posting as ‘Hey, Odyssey67…’ Loved it.”
oooooh – metoometoometoo!! /snark/
dude, are you tryin to get a date or something? if you don’t have something to add thats even a bit original, best not to post.
young
young: I’ll go one step further … Kate comes off like a goof, and Macaday simply sounds like the goof’s goof.
“Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. In other words, Good Riddance!” WTF – is this the level that conservative critical thinking has decended to? Why say “in other words” when it’s already clear what you mean? I guess Kate’s head of the Dept of Redundancy Dept. Macaday may be trying to hook up, but I sure hope he doesn’t succeed. With him being even more brainless than her, the childbearing possibilities are pretty scary.
To all of you Americans, keep your politics to yourself. The internet is “international”.
As for this story, it is good to see Apple get recognition for their smooth transition.
Childish, prick. The real Huh defeated your sorry ass, no you resort to grade school pranks.
“To all of you Americans, keep your politics to yourself.”
Short answer: No
“The internet is “international”.”
Another short answer: So what? Never heard of “free speech” where you come from?
@ Odyssey: Good post. The Wash Times IS owned by a religious fanatic, and his ‘conservative’ allies ARE hypocrites – across the board and on way more important things than Apple Computer. And I sue the C-word derisively here b/c no true American Conservative (hows that Ari?) would be caught dead spouting half the crap they do.
God Bless Gerald Ford.
Magic word: total – Kate & Macaday are total asses.
Gosh Kate – you sure know how to make friends! I appreciate the support fellas, but don’t go too hard on dear Katie – as the good Lord said, “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do …”
@ Big Al: “You Americans have two centrist parties to choose from, the liberal Republicans or the conservative Democrats. There is no real choice in America. Just two parties that are the mirror images of each other. I am amazed that a country can be so polarized by 2 choices that are so similar. What you need is a real Right and a real Left. Communism or Fascism, those were choices. Good times!”
Hahaha! Well, I wouldn’t go that far, but you nailed it insofar as our party system is concerned. And our ‘Winner Takes All’ elections are the reason. By it’s nature, WTA narrows the options between choices 1A andf 1B, ’cause nobody wants to go out on too much of a limb & risk losing the majority (who aren’t too partisan). We’d be doing much better with a Proportional Representation system of election, for either the House or the Senate. More parties could survive & win an election, more ideas would be introduced to solve our problems, and more practical compromise solutions hammered out as a consequence. I’d be all for that.
On the other hand, don’t confuse American political parties with the two dominant American idiological stances. The rift between current iterations of hardcore liberals and conservatives in this country is real – the parties just don’t adequately reflect that rift in actual governance, even though they play it up to get elected (particularly the Republicans). In the end, its probably for the best that the two wishy-washy parties (until the Republicans recently went all imperial) have tamped down the flamers, since these extremes typically present flawed choices for 90% of governmental situations. However, its a rickity solution to a problem that wouldn’t exist in the first place if there was a better representation in elections of the true diversity of viewpoints that ARE out there.
FYI – I used to consider myself conservative, before the wingnuts took over the concept and made me a ‘man without an ideology’. But in fact, with our 2 party induced polarization, I prefer it this way. I like using my brain. People like Kate & Macadoofus just like pickling theirs.
Cheers!
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