Frank Fox believes in cutting through the noise and hype surrounds Macs and Windows PCs.

• Glimmers of innovation in a world of copycat PCs, 2008.06.10. Everyone can't play Follow the Leader - someone has to be the first to try something different.
• The iPhone redefines the mobile phone and mobile computer markets, 2008.06.06. Smart phones are cell phones with extras. Notebooks are desktop computers with less. And the iPhone is a handheld computer with a built-in phone.
• Apple lost the PC war, but Microsoft is losing the post-PC war, 2008.05.30. Windows won the operating system war, but Microsoft is losing browser share and has fallen behind Apple in media players and smartphones.
• Mac value comes from productivity and MacBook integrated graphics debated, 2008.05.29. There are cheaper PC notebooks, but the Mac gains its value from increased productivity. Also whether onboard Intel graphics on the MacBook is inadequate.
• Why Dell and HP do (or don't) beat Mac Pro pricing, 2008.05.23. Readers weigh in on why the Mac Pro is an even better value - or a worse one.
• MacBook holds its own against Dell and HP notebook pricing, 2008.05.23. Comparing specs and prices, the MacBook also trounces Sony, but the MacBook Pro is another story altogether.
• Mac Pro beats HP and Dell at their own game: Price, 2008.05.16. Whether comparing the top-end or low-end of Mac Pro options, comparable models from Dell and HP cost more.
• 140 million copies of Vista sold (yawn), 2008.05.09. It sounds like a lot, but over 85% of Windows users are staying away from Vista. 20% of Mac users have embraced Leopard in one-third the time.
• Vista just one reason for growing Mac market share, 2008.05.01. With 200 million PC owners replacing their computers this year, Apple has a real opportunity to increase its growth rate.
• The Mac's 'troubling low' market share, 2008.04.29. If Apple has such 'troubling low' market share, how does it keep outpacing the industry and see such incredible stock growth?
• Advice for Dell and HP: Innovate, don't imitate, 2008.04.24. HP and Dell may lead the market, but they will decline unless they stop building boring Windows PC or trying to copy Macs.
• Using the aluminum iMac: Color me impressed, 2008.04.22. A MacBook is a wonderful thing, but an iMac with a 20" display can really spoil you.
• Mac security a result of diversity and smart planning, 2008.04.17. "You can't fault the better gardener for spending less time weeding and more on growing."
• The secret of Mac security revealed, 2008.04.16. Whether Macs are secure because of obscurity, scarcity, or design, growing popularity is making security more of an issue for Mac users.
• Apple sues Big Apple for use of apple in logo, 2008.04.10. It may seem wrong for Apple to sue GreeNYC for using an apple in its logo, but the lawyers are just doing their job.
• Apple and baseball: The magic lives on, 2008.04.08. Major League Baseball and Apple have changed, but the magic hasn't disappeared.
• Apple takes the blame, 2008.04.03. In the Windows world, everyone plays the blame game, but when things go wrong with the Mac, there's only one company to take the blame.
• It's not the iPod's fault, 2008.03.31. Don't blame Apple because it doesn't support moving your music library from your iPod to your computer. Apple never claimed it could do that.
• When good software turns bad, 2008.03.26. Apple is using iTunes to give Windows users easy access to Safari 3.1. What's so bad about that?
• No flops, so Mac critics now exclaim that Apple isn't successful enough, 2008.03.13. With all their predictions of failure not panning out, Dvorak, Enderle, and others now complain because Apple isn't even more successful.
• Buyer's remorse: Trading up a week-old MacBook, 2008.03.07. Less than a week after buying a new 2.2 GHz MacBook, Apple introduced new models. Is it worth the restock fee to move up?
• How Microsoft's Reality Distortion Field works, 2008.03.04. Rather than bragging about a new existing product, Microsoft promises the moon while spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt about competing products.
• Copycat Microsoft has its own Reality Distortion Field, 2008.02.27. The typical computer user could happily switch to the Mac, but the Microsoft Reality Distortion Field has them believing Macs are overpriced and don't have software.
• Apple products: Better by design, 2008.02.27. "Mac users have come to trust Apple to make things simple but not underpowered."
• Idiot proof: It isn't good enough to make things intuitive, 2008.02.20. "Good design isn't about making things intuitive; it's about making them idiot proof."
• Apple a pro at building buzz for new products, 2008.02.14. The recent introduction of the MacBook Air is just one example of how the whole world is paying attention to what Apple is doing.
• Cursed with options: Too much software choice is not a blessing, 2008.02.12. Wouldn't you rather have a small selection of quality programs than a vast array of copycat software?
• The top 11 reasons to choose Macs over PCs, My Turn, 2008.02.06. The 11 most important reasons for choosing a Mac over a Windows PC.
• The MacBook Air makes a statement, My Turn, 2008.01.23. Apple's MacBook Air isn't designed to be all things to all users. It's designed to tell the world "this is all I need when away from my desk."

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