Posted 2010-03-18 15:55 in Apple-News by Kali Hilke
Jerome York, member of Apple’s Board of Directors and often described as a “turnaround master,” has died at 71.
Apple memorialized him on their website today, saying that he “courageously joined Apple’s Board of Directors in 1997, when many doubted the company’s future.”
Among other career milestones, he was the former CFO of IBM and Chrysler.
Read Apple’s press statement here.
Posted 2010-03-12 13:54 in Apple-News by Ed Shepard
There were a couple of notable mentions of the reliability and lifetime low cost of administering Apple computers this week.
First, Consumer Reports published the latest results of its tech support survey. Apple came out on top of the charts for both desktops and laptops. The report was based on feedback from over 7,000 subscribers about their satisfaction with problem solving, hold time, phone staff and online support. In notebooks, Apple scored 86 points while the second place company (Lenovo), only had 63 points. That’s an impressive margin of 23 points. Apple’s desktops rating was 87 total points, far exceeding second-place Dell with just 55 points.
Second, CIO (a magazine for chief information officers) reported that “Macs in the enterprise aren’t just cheaper to manage—they’re a lot cheaper.” That comes from a survey of 260 IT administrators in large U.S. companies with both Macs and PCs who are involved in some degree with IT cost calculations. Enterprise Desktop Alliance members include Centrify, Absolute Software, Group Logic, Web Help Desk, and most recently IBM.
released by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance.
The report went on to say that 65 percent of respondents said it costs less to troubleshoot Macs than PCs, 19 percent said they spent the same on both computers, and only 16 percent said they spent less to manage PCs than Macs.
With Macs dominating in almost every cost category, why would 16 percent claim they spent less troubleshooting PCs? “It might be an [issue] of expertise of the IT staff,” says Tom Cromlin, spokesperson for the Enterprise Desktop Alliance. “They’re probably more comfortable troubleshooting PCs.”
Click here to read the entire report from CIO. At Small Dog, we’ve long said that Macs are less expensive to administer than PCs. Glad to see yet another report confirming this.
Posted 2010-02-24 11:46 in Apple-News by Ed Shepard
Steve Jobs turns 55 today. There’s no doubt that we admire and respect the guy. There’s so much to be said about him and his amazing career, but the best way to hear it is in the Stanford commencement address posted below.
To celebrate Steve’s birthday, we’re offering a coupon for $5.55 off any Apple product on Smalldog.com
Happy birthday, Steve, and thanks for all your contributions to computing and creative culture in general!
Posted 2010-02-19 15:42 in Apple-News by Matt Klein
The iTunes Music Store is holding a contest for a $10,000 gift card for the lucky person who buys the ten billionth song. On the surface, that staggering number seems nearly impossible and exaggerated, but when I looked at my iTunes purchases folder it became much more realistic. It was a bit unsettling to see just how much music I’ve bought over the years, but I’m glad I had a legal and practical way to buy it all.
Have you ever wondered about your purchase history on the iTunes store? If you log in to the store in iTunes you can find your purchase history right on your account summary. If you’re already logged in, you can access the account summary by clicking on your e-mail address on the top-right corner of the iTunes window. Looking back to the beginning, I just noticed the store is now over seven years old!
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Posted 2010-02-09 09:31 in Apple-News by Matt Klein
Apple today announced Aperture 3, the long-awaited updated to its prosumer photo editing and management application. There are over 200 new features, many of which borrow from and expand on features found in iPhoto ’09.
It’s been two years since the release of Aperture 2, and this new version is a sleek balance between evolution and revolution. Aperture 3 combines powerful performance with iPhoto simplicity to help you refine images, showcase your photography, and manage massive libraries on your Mac. The 200 new features and enhancement will help take your photography to the next level. Edge-aware, nondestructive brushes will help apply or remove adjustments; adjustment presets will give your images a custom look or emulate a variety of camera types and processing styles; advanced slidewhows will help create beautiful slideshows that weave together photos and HD video clips; full-screen browsing takes advantage of every last pixel on beautiful Apple displays; and upgraders from iPhoto will appreciate that Faces, Places, and all metadata will be preserved when importing an iPhoto library.
Aperture will be ready to demo in our retail stores this afternoon. Swing by and take it for a spin!
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