Apple surprised me this time. It’s not that its new M5 Ultra and M6 chips weren’t expected. It’s just that I thought they’d come with a bigger splash, perhaps an “event” video with newly minted CEO John Ternus. After all, this is hardware. The chips were not introduced in a vacuum. They power the new […]

At the office we are buying an overgrown Mac mini with lots of RAM (and a very big price tag) to set up a local AI machine. When I put in the order, the ship date was August. I just got alerted: it’s supposed to arrive later this week. Score one for Apple under promising […]

I was talking to a friend who probably needs a new PC for creative work on a budget, so I suggested that she think about a Mac mini. Just to check that my thinking about the price was correct, I visited the Apple site. I got the pricing right, but then noticed that delivery would […]