Charles Moore

Charles Moore (1951-2018) was a well known freelance writer who lived in Nova Scotia, Canada who wrote about the Mac for over 20 years — with a special emphasis on mobile computing from the vintage PowerBook to the current generation of the MacBook and iPad — and his column, “The ‘Book Mystique,” had been a weekly feature on MacPrices since 2011 until his untimely passing in 2018 due to health complications.

Pondering My Real Portable Computing Power Needs And Hardware Upgrade Choices – The ‘Book Mystique

I like to have the sense that I’m getting actual use from power I’m paying for, which is one reason (other than budgetary realism) that I’ve more often than not gone with low end rather than cutting-edge high performance computer hardware. My computing power needs are relatively modest, and coughing up the price of a 15 inch or 17 inch MacBook Pro with dual graphics […]