Posts by Step'n'Fixit

How Windows got to version 3 – an illustrated history

I've been involved in the industry since the early 1970s and Nina Kalinina's fine work released a flood of memories, but more than that filled in quite a few blank spots. Thank you for bringing it to your readers.

We lose money on repairs, sobs penniless Apple, even though we charge y'all a fortune

Still the Best Choice

Apple nontheless remains the best choice for people who don't understand computers and have more money than sense.

Reverse Ferret! Forget what we told you – the iPad isn't really for work

... for the rest of them ...

Apple has a secret savior in most of the world, wherever computer illiteracy can or will be identified as a disability, as iProducts are usable by many who are simply unable to master real information technology.

THE TRUTH on the Californian NASA POISON ALIENS

Repurposed?

The big news in this "major announcement" wasn't that the only extraterrestrial lifeform we know of originated right here on earth, but that NASA now stands for National Aquatic and Sludge Administration.

How I saved the Macintosh

Do as I say ...

He illustrated the importance of logo consistency by violating the rule and being corrected by an Apple guy, who was thus unwittingly thrust into the position of evangelizing for the principle. And the rest is history.

How Apple or Xerox Saved Xerox or Apple

Xerox's chief claim to fame today is that they developed all the great ideas that Apple dumbed down and popularized (so that Microsoft could make them marketable).

French suspect grilled over Obama Twitter hack

Gateway Hack

The incident is dangerous because the next step is hacking into Obama's TelePrompTer.