Letter
from the CEO
Happy 25th, Mac!
By Robert Pritchett
macCompanion was not
a magazine quite back then, but we started out as MacNut (way back when) and we
have delighted in the progress we have seen as Apple has evolved and morphed
the Mac during the last 25 years.
Happy Birthday! And may you have many more.
For a timeline, history etc. of the Mac. see -
MacWorld.com
Schwarztech.us
AppleGazette.com
 
And don't forget these 5 charts from Fortune from January 30, 2009 -
"If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s
five grand worth of Apple (AAPL) news in charts and lists released over the
past couple of days," Phillip Elmer-Dewitt reports for
Fortune.
Elmer-Dewitt covers:
- Web
Brands. Apple scored No. 10 in Nielson Online’s ranking of the top Web
brands based on the number of unique visitors each site drew in December
2008.
- Social
Brands. The iPhone scored No. 1 — ahead even of its parent company
at No. 3 — in the Vitrue 100, a new ranking of blue chip brands by
how often they get mentioned in blogs, photo-sharing sites and such social
media entities.
- Days
to 1 Million. The rate at which the leading smartphones achieved the market penetration milestone of 1 million units. Apple's
iPhone 3G crushed all comers.
- Volume
vs. Revenue. CounterNotions’s Kontra shows that what matters is not how
many smartphones you sell, but how much you make on each sale.
- Stock
Price. Finally, a glance at Apple’s share price, which having suffered a
thousand cuts in the past year finally picked up a little traction in the
past two weeks."
This month, Harry Babad has begun a couple of columns, this
time on "Greening" and its relationship to the Macintosh culture and
also, "Safe, Secure and Polite Macin’ — Things
You Should Practice". Harry is the "comeback kid" after some
bouts with cancer and has recovered.
Welcome back!
Ensure we have 25 more prosperous years by keeping us going
by visiting our advertisers, affiliates and sending some coin our direction via
PayPal.
Sincerely, your macCompanion
Robert L. Pritchett
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