Steve Jobs Abandoned Mansion

Steve Jobs bought this 17,000 square-foot Woodside CA mansion and lived in it for 10 years. He let it fall into disrepair after 2000 with the thought that he would tear it down and build a new one in its place. Historic preservationists decided otherwise so Mr. Jobs just let the house deteriorate.

He got the last laugh once again!

OS X - Mountain Lion

Apple announced the new version of OS X today. It will be called Mountain Lion. It will be coming out this Summer.

Very Sad Day

Steve Jobs (1955-2011) passed away today due to a chronic medial condition. It is a very sad day indeed. No one embodies passion for technology like Steve Jobs. When everyone else said that he would fail, he held true to his vision and principles above everything else.

Steve Jobs will go down in history as the most inspiring technology visionary of all time!

RIP Steve Jobs!

No iPhone 5 - For Now

No iPhone 5 but Apple announced the iPhone 4S today. It will feature iOS5 and 200 new features. It will ship on October 14th to AT&T, Verizon and Sprint.

Kindle Fire

Amazon announced the Kindle Fire today. It is their answer to the iPad. It is an Android device that is light and durable with access to all of Amazon's books, movies and TV shows.

This may well be the first product that actually challenges the iPad.

I really would not want to be Barns and Noble right now!

A Sad Day!

It is a sad day. Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple today. Tim Cook will take over for him. Mr. Cook has been the heir apparent to the Apple throne for several years now. As such, nothing at Apple is going to change. Mr. Jobs will continue as the Chairman of Apple.

A sad day indeed! I wish Steve Jobs well!

The Lion Is Out

Apple released OS X 10.7, Lion, yesterday. I would have posted this yesterday but I was busy upgrading all of my machines. It works perfectly.

No one in the Windows world would ever upgrade to a new version of their OS on the first day. That would just be crazy! :-)

Welcome To The iCloud

The cloud is about to be become much more useful. Today, Apple announced the iCloud. iCloud will seamlessly stores your music, photos, apps, email, calendars, and documents. It will wirelessly pushes them to all your devices automatically. The very cool component is that will check you iTunes library and load this material into your iCloud library without DRM. No need to upload your library, Apple will replicate your iTunes library for you.

This is yet another paradigm shift brought to you by Apple!

Apple Does It Again

Apple does it again. They scored at the top of each category for laptop ratings in the latest Consumer Reports.

Will Thunderbolt Be Successful

Will Apple's adoption of Thunderbolt be successful? It is a blazing fast interface. While USB 2.0 can transfer data at 480 Mbps, Thunderbolt transfers data at 10 Gbps. That is indeed lightning.

'Get A Mac' - All 66 Ads

Remember the excellent 'Get A Mac' ads? Well Adweek compiled all 66 of them in one location for your viewing pleasure. :-)

New iMac Released

Apple released the new iMac today with the new Sandy Bridge processor along with Thunderbolt ports. While it looks the same, the inside has some serious upgrades.

Dell Hell

Denial is a powerful tool! Andy Lark of Dell said the following today about the iPad

"I couldn’t be happier that Apple has created a market and built up enthusiasm but longer term, open, capable and affordable will win, not closed, high price and proprietary. Apple is great if you’ve got a lot of money and live on an island. It’s not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex.”

Man, Dell really doesn't get it on so many levels that it is no surprise that they are in trouble.

Max OS X Turns 10 Today

Mac OS X turned 10 today. It is hard to believe that one of the world's best operating systems has been around for 10 years already. It seems like it was just yesterday that Cheetah came out. Well, not literally yesterday but it certainly doesn't seem like 10 years. :-)

iPad2

The new iPad was announced today and will be released on March 11th. Yes, I just ordered one :-)

New Macbook Pro - Thunderbolt

The new Macbook Pro Thunderbolt was released today. Yes I am going to get one. I am going to wait until this summer when Lion is released so that I don't have to go through that upgrade process.

The new Thunderbolt I/O technology promises a data transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps. Wow!

Apple Lisa 1

An Apple Lisa 1 sold for $15,000 on eBay. This Lisa 1 actually works perfectly. It had been sitting in a closet for 20 years.

The Lisa 1 was very unreliable. To find one that actually works is a miracle of sorts.

Not sure that I could part with $15,000 to buy one thought :-)

Christmas Presents For Cats

It wouldn't be Christmas without toys for the cats. This year they can have iPad games made specifically for them. iPads are great for everyone. Its really funny until you remember how much you paid for that iPad :-)

Apple Buys HP Campus in Cupertino

Apple bought the HP Campus in Cupertino making it the largest land owner in the city. They paid $300 million for the 98 acre site. The HP site connects to another 50 acres that Apple bought in 2006. Apple now has room to grow even more :-)

Microsoft Explosion

When someone tells you that they switched to Mac, the story that ensues generally begins like this one.