February 16, 2005

Men are more likely to have iPods/MP3 players than women

According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project Some 14% of men have the iPods/MP3 players, compared to 9% of women. The Pew research was based on a nationwide phone survey involving 2,201 people and has a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points. Umm Speaking on iPod mine just died - I am devastated, time to add to that 14%. Here are some of the other results

February 6, 2005

Top 10 Mac Failures

While the iPod reigns supreme, Apple like most companies introduced a few things that should have been left at concept stage" AliceandBill points the top ten things Apple probably wish we would forget - "via - mlagazine.com"

1. Apple Pippin - "Introduced under Spindler's rule as CEO, the Pippin should have won Apple a position in the console market, one Apple had yet to penetrate. Apple's goal was to make the Pippin a multimedia machine, capable of reading CD ROMs, surfing the Internet and to play games."
2. OpenDoc
3. Mac TV
4. Mac XL/Lisa
5. Microsoft Word 6.0
6. Copland
7. eWorld
8. Puck Mouse/Kiddie Keyboard
9. Flower Power/Blue Dalmatian iMac
10. Macintosh Portable

February 4, 2005

Mac Mini Review

LiveDigitally reviews the Mac Mini - "I have been using the Mac mini for a little over a week. I am by no means an average computer user. I do photo editing, video editing, and even some occasional gaming. The mini has done everything I have asked of it, and gracefully. Granted, it is not a G5 and doing comparable photo editing and video editing tasks on one is obviously a different experience. But this is like comparing a Honda Civic to a Ferrari, and frankly, the majority of PC owners out there would be thrilled to use a computer as reliable as a Civic!

- read more at LiveDigitally