In his latest column, John Dvorak takes a look at Apple’s success overall, but feels that the company’s Retail stores are the real coup. “I have personally been baffled by two things over the 30-year era of desktop computing. The first is why every brand name computer-maker never realized that they needed their own storefronts. The second was why Apple took so long to do theirs. Now look at them,” writes Dvorak.
Read MoreColumnist John C. Dvorak has a article on CBS Marketwatch today about Apple’s new U2 iPod (introduced yesterday) and the challenges the new music-bundling scheme presents. “The industry is gah-gah over this deal because it appears to lower the price of music on a cost-per-song basis,” writes Dvorak. “In fact, this is an illusion.
Read MoreAfter taking several jabs at Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president for worldwide product marketing, John C. Dvorak heavily crticizes Apple’s new iMac G5 in this latest commentary piece. “The machine comes in one old-fashioned color: 1988 platinum white,” he writes. “The design is hardly inspirational. In fact, if you put two headlamps on it and a metal sun visor over its “windshield,” it would be reminiscent of a 1954 DeSoto.” Read More
PC Magazine’s John Dvorak is predicting that Apple will switch to Intel processors within the next 12 to 18 months. “The story starts with January’s Intel sales conference. The surprise keynote speaker was Steve Jobs. And then, in the front row of Steve Jobs’s keynote address at the last Macworld Expo were top Intel executives,” writes Dvorak. “Shortly thereafter, Pixar announced that it would become an Intel shop. That was all step one.
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