by Jeffrey Mann | March 27, 2011 | 2 Comments
I am not usually all that into gadgets, and I have never understood the manic devotion to all things Apple that some normally rational people display. I don’t have an iPhone (I tried, but that’s a long, not very interesting story) and am very happy with my Blackberry Torch. I get a secret satisfaction out [...]
Category: Apple Personal RIM social media Tags: fanboys, ipad, tablets
by Jeffrey Mann | July 9, 2009 | 9 Comments
Before I was an analyst, I can remember lamenting why the people in our industry were so obsessed with chips and operating systems. It was around the time when DEC released the Alpha RISC chip, and rivalry between the different strains of UNIX and Windows was at its highest point. The horse race between BSD, [...]
Category: Apple Google IBM Microsoft technology Tags: chrome, Operating systems, OSX, RISC, Unix, Windows
by Jeffrey Mann | February 10, 2009 | 6 Comments
Dissing anything Apple is one of the most dangerous things a blogger can do, but I feel obliged and justified. Baiting Apple fans is second only to criticizing open source as a way to generate vituperative comments. I have always had a mixed marriage with my wife preferring Macs and me needing to use Windows [...]
Category: Apple Personal consumerization Tags: Apple, ease of use, myths, UI, Windows
