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.

Western Digital to Acquire Hitachi Global Storage, Combining The Industry’s First And Third Largest Hard Drive Makers

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Western Digital and Hitachi, Ltd. announced Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby WD will acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $4.3 billion. The company says the proposed combination of the largest and third-largest makers of hard disk drives (WD c.31%, Seagate Technology c.29%, Hitachi GST […]