Mac to the future

Will the influx of iPad clones result in a 1980s revival?

by Alex Watson on 23 July 2010 in Mac to the future
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The penny seems to have dropped for Apple’s rivals and a flood of iPad-a-likes are inbound. So will we see a repeat of the 1980s PC vs Mac battles? Despite the tens of millions of iPods and iPhones sold over the past four years, most hardware and tech firms appeared to be under the impression [...]

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Apple must Trim up for the SSD revolution

by Alex Watson on 28 June 2010 in Mac to the future

The hard disk is reaching the end of its life, with SSDs ready to take over, but Apple’s silence over a key issue means they’re not a worry-free buy. There are few pastimes know-it-all geeks enjoy more than berating Apple (and loyal Apple users) for its slow uptake of technology they consider standard for the [...]

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There’s a cloud hanging over the iPhone

by Alex Watson on 18 June 2010 in Mac to the future

The iPhone has driven mobile web and data use through the ceiling, but the freedom the online world offers could threaten its dominance. Cloud computing is a buzzword phrase, but it’s far from empty – in fact, over the next 18 months, it’s going to start having a big influence on the hardware we buy. [...]

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3D is bringing a whole new dimension to home entertainment

by Alex Watson on 28 May 2010 in Mac to the future

The red-and-blue glasses are long gone and 3D tech is on the rise; but one company more than all the others has learned the lessons of the past. I’ve been to Tokyo several times and I always make time to visit Akihabara, the area of the Japanese capital devoted to the geekiest of pastimes: comics, [...]

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Could Apple find itself in a state of arrested development?

by Alex Watson on 18 May 2010 in Mac to the future

Apple’s platforms are riding high at the moment, but the signs are that Microsoft and Google are playing nice with developers to catch up. In the last Mac to the Future, I wrote excitedly about games developer Valve coming to the Mac. Writing this column a couple of weeks later, I’m still excited (especially as [...]

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Getting all Steamed up over the Mac’s GPU

by Alex Watson on 18 May 2010 in Mac to the future

Great news for gamers: Valve is bringing Steam to the Mac. But does your graphics processor have enough clout to actually run any of the games? If the geeks born in the 1960s and 1970s were first attracted to computers by coding, then for those like me, who were born in the 1980s, it was [...]

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