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Macs really do cost more

Published on 10 Dec 2007 at 1:37 am. 11 Comments.
Filed under cost, dell, mac, price comparison, prices.

There’s an unfortunate trend in the Mac community to lie or bend the truth when talking about Macs. A common claim is that Macs and PCs cost the same… or that Macs include more so they cost more. The truth is that a PC configured identically to a Mac will almost always cost less than […]

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My Mac’s security is being compromised by .Mac

Published on 17 Nov 2007 at 9:19 pm. 7 Comments.
Filed under apple, mac, mac os, security.

I’m not a security expert by any means, so it is with great consideration that I bring up anything security related. While a feature I don’t understand may not necessarily be a security problem, one part of Leopard behaves in such an unexpected way that I can only call it a security problem – .Mac […]

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Apple pushes out 12 updates today – servers still unmanageable

Published on 14 Nov 2007 at 1:52 pm. No Comments.
Filed under apple, mac, mac os, server, software update.

Apple has released 12 software updates today, including the overdue Mac OS X 10.4.11 update and a security update for 10.3.
I have several 10.4 servers in need of the .11 update. When I upgraded my iMac to 10.5 I could no longer use the 10.4 server admin tools. The 10.5 server admin tools told me […]

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So-long .mac!

Published on 9 Nov 2007 at 2:31 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under apple, mac.

I’ve been a .mac member for as long as I’ve been using a Mac.

Yesterday when Apple replaced my MacBook I had the chance to renew my membership at the discounted price of $69.95. In fact, every time my membership has come up for renewal, I’ve had a purchase coming up and so each year (except […]

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