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.

Has Apple’s iPad Finally Killed The Netbook, Or Is It Dying Of Its Own Shortcomings?

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CNET’s Dan Ackerman observes that It’s hard to believe that before 2007, a laptop was considered low-cost if it sold for less than $1,000. Then came the netbook revolution spearheaded initially by Asus with its original Eee PC, and from that point on, every PC maker was forced (some more reluctantly than others) to embrace this new subgenre, and suddenly netbooks were everywhere. Then they […]