Why Apple Should Revive the NeXT Computer
Here’s what I’d like to see. A new NeXT Computer. For those of you who don’t know, NeXT was computer company founded by Steve Jobs after he was fired from Apple. The NeXT computer...
Category: Hardware
Writings on computers, laptops, tablets and mobile phones
Going to College with a Blueberry iMac
I’ve owned a number of computers over the years. Growing up we had an old Tandy 1000HX, a Frankenstein 386 and an Apple Performa 6200. All of these were family computers. Though I was...
The Neglected Mac
Back in the 1990s, the Mac was on its way out. Apple was failing as a company, and the future of the platform was in jeopardy. 20 years later, Apple is one of the...
The Strange Tale of My Frankenstein 386
My family got our first computer back in 1990. It was a Tandy 1000HX that was already out of date when we got it. It worked well for what I wanted to do with...
The Future of Android
Android is the most popular operating system for phones and tablets. It might not seem that way when your hanging out at Starbucks, but it beats out Apple’s iOS in terms of sheer numbers....
Old Computer Hardware I Don’t Miss
I’ve been a computer nerd for most of my life, and while it’s easy to get nostalgic about vintage computers, it’s also good to remember just how far we’ve come. A few months ago,...
When In Doubt, Reboot
Some folks just “get” computers and some folks don’t. I’m not entirely sure why that’s the case. To some extent, it seems to be a function of age, but that’s far from universal. I...
Nobody Wants a Facebook Phone
For the last couple of years, Facebook has toyed with the idea of its own smart phone. Last week, they took the first real step toward that end. However, instead of spending gazillions of...
My First Computer: The Tandy 1000HX
It was my tenth birthday. I spent the afternoon in downtown St. Louis with my dad. When I came home, there was a computer in the living room, a Tandy 1000HX. “Happy birthday,” my...
The iPhone and the Tricorder
When Apple debuted the latest iPhone a couple of weeks ago, many tech pundits were disappointed that it was an evolution rather than a revolution. Realistically we know that not every product can be...
