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Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…
Comment My only two problems with Macs: The topic that got readers turning to their keyboards this week was silicon.com's latest poll: What was your first home computer? Comments came flying in on this, some cheering for the winner, while some were a... [24 Apr 2008]
Stories of the year
News The age-old Mac vs PC debate was reignited this year when half of a silicon.com CIO Jury decided the cost of upgrading to Microsoft's latest OS - Windows Vista - is encouraging companies to consider investing in Macs or Linux-based machines instead. [14 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Data breach row, hotel iMac, wi-fi piggybacking: yay or nay?
Comment By having Apple Macs, does that make it even more "high tech"? What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers Missing: 25 million child benefit records [22 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... petty cash, Vista sales, swelling SMEs...
Comment have people never considered the possibility of making a backup or do macs never get hit by lightning or power surges or knocked off desks or have coffee spilled on them or any of a hundred and one accidental disasters that affect computer systems... [01 Nov 2007]
Stories of the month - July 2007
News The age-old Mac vs PC debate was reignited this month when half of the silicon.com CIO Jury decided the cost of upgrading to Microsoft's latest OS - Windows Vista - is encouraging companies to consider investing in Macs or Linux-based machines... [30 Jul 2007]
Macs versus PCs - the battle continues
News In a recent interview, the CIO of property asset management company Capital & Regional kicked off the debate, telling silicon.com Macs are "smarter money and cheaper" than Microsoft's newest OS - a view that seems to be shared by some silicon.com... [18 Jul 2007]
'Leave Mac-making to the experts'
News But he added: "On the other hand I do look at Macs enviously - their design is breathtaking, beautiful even and the user experience is a mile ahead of Windows. Gartner's suggestion that Apple should quit the hardware business and license the Mac to... [26 Oct 2006]
Macs 'inherently more secure', say Mac users
News Mac users have reacted angrily to yesterday's leader article on silicon.com which questioned whether the Mac operating system is perceived as being more secure simply because Macs are less popular, and therefore represent a less attractive target... [07 Jul 2006]
Apple watchers glimpse mystery 'product'
News Much of the speculation has centred on whether Jobs will introduce the first Intel-based Macs - or 'Mactels' - at the show. When he announced the Intel switch last year, Jobs pledged to have Intel Macs in the market by June but has not said whether... [06 Jan 2006]
Apple users hit back over "irrelevant" claim
News The Macs are Linux with training wheels. London-based company director Timothy Barnes added that his consulting company now runs Macs. This is from the perspective of an educational establishment with 1,100 PCs and 120 Macs, so it is informed. [20 Jan 2005]
Real v Apple music war: iPod freedom petition backfires
News Others took issue with the fact Real's Rhapsody song shop doesn't support Macs. Readers were encouraged to sign up and leave comments on the petition, now running at over 900 signatures. Hostilities started in late July, when Real cracked Apple's... [18 Aug 2004]
Product placement and tech - more than just good guys using Macs
Comment Returning once again to hit 'real-time' drama 24, they reported on readers who spotted that all the good guys use Macs, all the baddies PCs. The industry maturing also means programme-makers won't get to give all the goodies Macs. [07 Oct 2003]
Macs are cool - too cool for you?
Comment At least one person in the Apple campaign is a Windows LAN administrator, someone who many silicon.com readers will relate to. Apple's latest marketing push is all about luring PC users. The company is even getting 'real life' converts to say why... [11 Jun 2002]
Apple leaves Celine Dion fans high and dry
News News that Celine Dion's latest CD can cause some Macs to crash and fail to restart has led to an influx of comments from silicon.com readers. Mac users whose computers fall foul of copy-protected disks will not be covered by Apple's product warranty. [15 May 2002]
Forbidden love and Alan Titchmarsh
Comment The 5GB device can also be used as a portable hard drive and iPod users have been wandering into stores and plugging them in to Macs to get their hands on software, the Daily Mirror reports. What do readers think? [09 Mar 2002]
