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Apple reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $770 million, or 87 cents a share, on revenue of $5.26 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 64 cents a share on sales of $5.17 billion, according to Thomson Financial.
In the same period a year ago, Apple reported earnings of 47 cents a share on revenue of [...]

Apple said its operating system upgrade Leopard won’t be released in June as planned.
Why? The iPhone has absorbed Apple’s resources as it certifies it with AT&T/Cingular so it can ship in late June.
A Leopard delay wasn’t totally unexpected. Word about a potential delay surfaced last month. At the time, the reason for the delay was [...]

A frequent commenter made a decidedly pointed observation in my blog recently, responding to a post about a powerful new desktop PC from Apple.
In his typically understated way, O.C. Jones said: “Seems as if you’ve turned into a regular Dr. Mac.”
Of course, Jones was referring to Bob LeVitus, who writes the column about Apple and [...]

“Walt Mossberg says his Vista startup experience was pretty horrid because of the tons of ads and other things that OEMs load onto the OS. They do that to try to make a few extra bucks on each machine sold. Microsoft can’t stop them because the DOJ made it impossible to push around the OEMs [...]

Are you hesitant to switch to a Macintosh because you don’t want to miss your favorite Windows applications? Now you have no excuses, with a new version of Parallels virtualization software offering better ease of use and new features.
With Parallels, Intel processor Mac computers can run Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, or other operating systems [...]

March 09, 2007 (Computerworld) — Not too long ago, ad agencies, design firms and other creative companies were about the only businesses that widely deployed Macintosh computers to their employees. But for a number of reasons, word of the benefits of Apple Inc. hardware — and software — on enterprise desktops is now spreading. That [...]

Wow. Now the tech press is on a roll about security issues with Windows Vista. They are all over it. Even Symantec’s CEO now says he wouldn’t upgrade to Vista at this time.
I had a decision to make recently. Upgrade my pleasant-to-use Compaq laptop and deal with other internal upgrade issues to effectively use Windows [...]

Well, I took the plunge. Instead of upgrading to Vista, decided this was a good time to go with Macintosh. I bought a MacBook, and it’s a real beauty.
Initial impressions: easy to use, intuitive, fluid, beautifully functional and secure.
I am pleased.
http://geoff-caplan.com, email geoffcaplan@mac.com

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