Make it Elegant or Make it Cheap!, Gene Steinberg: You know you can buy a netbook running Windows for less than $300, but the very cheapest
Mac, the mini, is now $699.
The 2010 iPod Value Equation, Dan Knight: A new design for the iPod nano, back to a tested design for the iPod shuffle, and the new
iPod touch is more like the iPhone than ever.
Open Source Will Never Displace Closed Platforms, Dan Knight: Although open source is emotionally appealing and free, there are only two markets where it
dominates.
Practically Perfect Design: The iMac G5, Dan Knight: Six years ago, Apple introduced the current iMac ’slab’ configuration with the iMac G5. The
iconic design has barely changed since.
Finding a New Home for Your Old Mac, Adam Rosen: You can repurpose the old Mac as a server, pass it along to a family member, donate it, sell
it, give it away, or recycle it.
Is the Mac OS Dying?, Gene Steinberg: You know that Apple is, nowadays, earning far more income from mobile products than from
Macs. Right now, more people own products powered by iOS than powered by Mac OS X, so
you begin to wonder where this all might be heading.
The Net Neutrality Greed Argument, Gene Steinberg: Yes, we know the Michael Douglas character in the 1980’s film, "Wall Street," said "greed is
good," but you wonder just how far that can go without hurting your customers. And, no, I’m
not about to talk about how the character might have evolved in the forthcoming sequel,
since I haven’t read the script.
Are You Ready to Give Up Your Mac?, Gene Steinberg: More and more of the speculation I’ve read of late talks about extensive proposed changes to
the Mac OS. There is that Apple patent filing that would add a touch interface, activated,
evidently, by the direction in which the screen is tilted.
So Much for Stagnating Mac Growth, Gene Steinberg: I have to constantly remind myself that sales estimates can be all over the place, so when a
recent report suggested Macs sales weren’t improving as fast as some expected, I was ready
to attribute that state of affairs to the extreme success of the iPad.
Google Responds To Steve Jobs, Seth Weintraub: At the Apple Event today, Steve Jobs slipped some jabs Google’s way but also lauded
AppleTV’s ability to play YouTube.
September 1, 2010 
