Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Mac hardware is fabulous in every sense of the word. The shell that Apple can wrap around motherboards, hard drives and the other components that go into making a modern computer is truly a thing of beauty. Sure, it’s not magic and, like any other computer, it won’t type these words for me any more […]

On Friday I made yet another pilgrimage to my local Apple store (does a five hour round trip count as “local?” I’m not too sure about that …) to pick up a brand new Mac mini. I made this trip so that I’d be one of the two million or so who were the first […]

There’s an enormous difference between your average PC consumer and the hardcore computer enthusiast. One of the key differences is how much time someone is willing to expend on a system. It’s easy to tell the difference between someone who’s an aficionado and someone who just owns a PC – ask them how long they […]

So why is it that Steve Jobs and the gang at Cupertino are so against users being able to install third-party apps onto their iPhones and iPod Touch devices? Why did the last firmware update for the iPhone nuke all the efforts that third-party development community had put into making the latest gadgets from Apple […]

Believe it or not, people’s desire to run Windows XP and Vista will help Apple to push the new Mac OS X Leopard to a wider audience. “How’s that work?” I hear you ask. Surely people use the Mac OS because they’ve made a choice not to use Windows or a Linux distro. And surely […]

If I were to compile a personal FAQ based on questions I get asked in forums and blog post comments, it would include: if I’m so dissatisfied by Windows product (and Microsoft products in general) why am I still using Windows? That’s a good question, why am I still using Windows? OK, if I’m going […]

OK, this is weird. Really weird. For years I’ve been watching Apple release some pretty cool products onto the market and last year I gave in to the hype. I replaced my trusty old Creative audio player for an 8GB iPod nano (and since then I’ve added an iPod shuffle to my collection, and bought […]

2007 has, so far at any rate, been a good year for Linux and a not so good year for Windows Vista. But how will the long-awaited (and delayed) Mac OS X Leopard be greeted by users? Will it delight or disappoint? Will it leave users awed or unimpressed? If you’d have asked me this […]

There has been a lot written about Windows Vista. An awful lot. One aspect of the commentary that’s particularly caught my attention is the number of comparisons being drawn between Windows Vista and an earlier Microsoft operating system – Windows ME. Some have gone as far as to christen Windows Vista “ME II.” Personally I […]

• What’s your take? Comment on “Illegal Codecs Put Me Off Linux.” OK, I’ll be honest with you, the more I use Linux, the more I’m warming to it. In fact, the more exposure I have to the latest Ubuntu distro (7.04, Feisty Fawn) the more I want to integrate it into my existing ecosystem […]