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Surely in the late 70s, when the Apple II was king, Apple would have had the lions share of the "home computer" market. No-one bought a Commodore PET for their home after all.

in Mac pricing gives Apple top dollar share in U.S. home PC market Comment by mrod November 2010
It sounds as if a programmer used if (leaseend == current_time)rather than if (leaseend

in Software-based iPad Wi-Fi problems detailed by Princeton Comment by mrod April 2010
If you read the patents themselves you will see that they are originally "PalmSource", i.e. Palm/Handspring and probably come from their experience with the Treo, which were essentially the first smartphones. (I believe the first Handspring Treo pre…

in Apple iPhone targeted in patent lawsuit over sync, Bluetooth Comment by mrod March 2010
Quote: Originally Posted by Hudson1 Same problem for me, too, on my new mini after using the Combo update. Software Update kept stalling and failing which prompted me to go get the full download. After installation and getting this loop prevent…

in Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.7, Safari 3.2.3 & 4.0 beta update Comment by mrod May 2009
Quote: Originally Posted by iPhone91 Its 11:15 PM PST on July 20th, and I just checked the availability listings for the iPhone 3G. In the U.S., there are only 3 stores that have the iPhone, 1 in CA, 1 in NH, and 1 in NYC. In the U.K., however,…

in iPhone 3G now all but sold out in 38 states Comment by mrod July 2008