Spurred on by record sales of its iPhone and Mac products, Apple Inc. has posted a quarterly revenue and profit result that has managed to soundly surpasses the average analyst’s estimates. Following Apple’s stunning results, the company’s shares gained 7.5 percent to end at around $204 in extended trading, reflecting renewed investor confidence in the technology industry as of late.
Analysts have praised Apple’s financial guidance this quarter, stating that while the company’s forecasts of its results are usually fairly conservative, their revenue estimates matched with Wall Street’s guesses. Apple has also received great praise for its ability to draw consumer …read more

When using a computer for your business or home, which do you prefer, a Mac or PC? Do you know why you prefer either one? Is is for business reasons like Mac because you like the way it handles graphics? Whichever reason you have for choosing a Mac or PC, I thought it would be good to compare the two.
Let’s start with the Mac. Some the reasons that people have given are:

Apple handles the process of developing enhancement quicker.
Mac can run most ever operating system available through the use of special software.
Application software for Mac has a user-friendly GUI design.
Application …read more

Having noted that laptops are increasingly becoming dumb terminals, I’ll now present to you an argument that I will be presenting to my wife and business partner shortly. First, a caveat – I’m an Apple head, and have been Jones-ing inexplicably for a MacBook Air since they came out. Now I think I have my excuse.
The dish on the MacBook Air is that they are overpriced and under equipped for the serious business traveller. But … what about the business traveller who is doing his or her best to limit the amount of data on a laptop which could be …read more