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PC World's dashed WWDC expectations

by Chris Rawson (RSS feed) on Jun 12th, 2009

While some people came away from WWDC feeling like it's Christmas in June, it doesn't look like PC World was among them. But after reading their laundry list of unrequited hopes and dreams for WWDC (WWDC No Shows: 10 Things We Wanted From Apple and Didn't Get), it seems like PC World really doesn't seem to get it.

Let's walk through these points one by one, shall we?

1. The Apple Tablet

We've been hearing rumors about this one since the Newton disappeared. I don't think anyone realistically expected the tablet to come out this year, much less at WWDC. It's getting to the point where every single event has people leaving and saying, "B-b-but where's the tablet?"

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Tags: Apple Tablet, gripes, iPhone, PC World, WWDC

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Apple

McCracken returns as PC World editor in chief

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on May 10th, 2007

Last week we mentioned the resignation of PC World editor in chief, Harry McCracken who seemed to have quit because PC World (and former Macworld) CEO Colin Crawford canned a story on "10 Things We Hate About Apple." In the brouhaha that followed the canned story finally came out (revealing not much substance to speak of), and now finally the other shoe has dropped. PC World is itself reporting that McCracken is returning to PC World as "vice-president, editor in chief" and Crawford will leave as PC World CEO to rejoin parent company IDG "as executive vice president, online." IDG is presently undertaking a search for a new CEO to lead PC World and Macworld.

So the story has a happy ending for McCracken and probably the right thing was done in the end. I'm sure everyone at IDG, PC World, and Macworld is just glad this thing is over.

Tags: Harry McCracken, HarryMccracken, Macworld, PC World, PcWorld

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Bad Apple, Apple

10 things that Sort of Mildly Displease PC World about Apple (and why PC World thinks Apple is Doing Well)

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on May 7th, 2007

In the beginning there was 'hate', or more specifically "10 Things We Hate About Apple". And PC World's Harry Mccracken resigned from his position when former Macworld CEO Colin Crawford supposedly put the kibosh on the article. Questions raged throughout the blogosphere as to whether Apple was exercising undue editorial pressure as an advertiser--questions, which as far as I can tell, did not raise a definitive answer one way or another.

Today PC World lays everything out on the table--well almost everything; they never mention whether Apple played a role or not and don't discuss the resignation directly--posting about the controversy which involved short pieces written by staffers Alan Stafford and Narasu Rebbapragada. The articles, they write, were meant to be light-hearted conversation starters, not "weighty journalism".

You can read both articles today at PC World's online site, both the ten things they hate about Apple and the ten things they love. The "hate" list includes many on-target items including that Apple is "more secretive than Homeland Security" (hah!), that they blame others for the worm that shipped with iPods last year, and that the Mac is crap at gaming. The less focused "love" list includes "sublime designs", Jobs calling for the end of DRM, and that Macs run Windows.

In the end, now that we've gotten a chance to check both lists out, it seems like a whole lot of fuss was made over not very much. And if I had to spike one of the two lists? I'd kill the "love" list first.

Thanks, Chris Tutor.

Tags: Controversy, PC World, PcWorld

Filed under: Cult of Mac, Apple

PC World editor quits over Apple story

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on May 3rd, 2007

This story on Wired blog is interesting. About a month ago the former CEO of Macworld Magazine, Colin Crawford, took over sister magazine PC World and just recently put the kibosh on a story idea for the latter: "Ten Things We Hate about Apple." According to Wired's anonymous source: "It was supposed to be light fare, just really innocuous stuff. The same kinds of things people have said about Apple before -- things that teased Steve Jobs." This prompted the editor-in-chief of PC World, Harry McCracken, to resign in protest. The Wired story continues: "Crawford also told editors that product reviews in the magazine were too critical of vendors, especially ones who advertise in the magazine, and that they had to start being nicer to advertisers." Supposedly when Crawford was still at Macworld, "Steve Jobs would call him up any time he had a problem with a story the magazine was running about Apple."

So clearly the implication is that Macworld is a sort of Pravda of Apple, Inc., and kept in line by upper management who kowtow to Cupertino. So what do you think? Does this make you suspect the objectivity of Macworld Magazine?

[via Daring Fireball]

Tags: Macworld, PC World, PcWorld

Filed under: iPod Family, OS, Odds and ends, Airport, iTunes, Apple

Apple leads PC World's 50 Best Tech Products of All Time

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Apr 2nd, 2007

Everybody likes lists and rankings; there's just something that fascinates people about them, and they're always good for an argument or, as the case may be, selling magazines. Squarely in this latter camp is PC World's list of the Best 50 Tech Products of All Time, which editor Harry McCracken writes in to tell us features seven Apple products, more than any other singe company. These are:

#2 - Apple II (1977)
#6 - iPod (2001)
#14 - Mac Plus (1986)
#21 - iTunes 4 (2003)
#30 - OS X (2001)
#34 - Original Airport Base Station (1999)
#41 - Hypercard (1987)

One thing that jumps out of this list to me is that only one of them, Hypercard, came out of Cupertino during the period that Jobs was gone from Apple (well maybe the Mac Plus, too). In any case, it clearly shows how much Apple has been on a roll since Jobs' return. I also think that at least one more product should be there: the original Powerbook 100, which more or less established the notebook computer form factor we have to this day. So let the debates begin, dear TUAW readers, what did the PC World editors screw up?

Tags: Airport Base Station, AirportBaseStation, Apple II, AppleIi, Hypercard, iPod, iTunes, Mac Plus, MacPlus, OS X, OsX, PC World, PcWorld

Filed under: Video, Steve Jobs, Apple

YouTube history of Stevenotes

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Feb 2nd, 2007

Harry McCracken, over at PC World, has gathered an incredible collection of YouTube videos chronicling Steve Jobs introducing things. All your favorite Stevenotes are there, and you can relive everything from the launch of NeXTStep 3 to the introduction of Airport.

My favorite, though, is this video in which Steve introduces OS 9. Ah, the Keychain, one of my favorite features of the Mac OS, gets its share of the limelight.

Tags: apple, pc world, PcWorld, stevenotes

Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family

Toshiba builds 100GB iPod-sized Disk Drive

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Dec 5th, 2006

PC World reports that Toshiba has developed a 1.8-inch 100GB hard drive, suitable for use in portable music devices. Adding a 25% jump over current storage, the new drive is sized perfectly to fit into iPods.

Production should begin next month and the drive itself will be shown at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The first 1.8" drive developed in 2000 could hold 2GB and cost $740. Today, you can buy an 80GB iPod for about $350.

Tags: 100GB Disk Drive, 100gbDiskDrive, Hard Drive, HardDrive, iPod, PC World, PcWorld, Toshiba

Filed under: Hardware

Apple II tops PC World's top 25 all-time computers

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Aug 14th, 2006

The IBM PC turned 25 last Friday, so to commemorate the history of the personal computer, PC World put together a list of the Top 25 PCs of All Time - with the Apple II (1997) topping the list at #1. It's quite an interesting list comprised of machines both old and new, with Apple computers also taking the #4, 10, 19, and 23 spots as well. If you've never taken a trip through computing history, this list is a good set of cliff notes to take a moment to brush up on. Just try to keep the "I can't believe X computer didn't even make the list!" fighting civilized.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in

Tags: pc world, pcworld

Filed under: MacBook

The MacBook as a Windows Machine

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 18th, 2006

Sure, you can blog, podcast, and use iLife on your MacBook, but you know you want to install Windows on it (don't deny it!). Harry McCracken, of PC World, takes a look at the MacBook as a Windows machine and he likes it. True, he is a Mac person at heart but the MacBook plus Boot Camp equals nirvana.

Tags: harry maccracken, HarryMaccracken, pc world, PcWorld, windows

Filed under: Hardware, Software

PC World welcomes Apple to their charts

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Apr 17th, 2006

In a move that's causing many to check out their window to see if the sky is falling, PC World has laid out a welcome mat for Apple's hardware into their Top Power PCs testing charts, thanks to Boot Camp. So far, no Macs have made the charts due to some policy quirks (they typically only test stock PCs - Macs don't ship pre-installed with Windows) and test compatibility hiccups, but from a blog entry covering their initial tests, the iMac running Windows XP fared pretty well.

We certainly live in interesting times with Macs running Windows, rumors of virtualization in Leopard and now Apple's hardware being put to the test alongside its now (let's face it) PC brethren hardware. We'll keep our ears out for more results on just how well these new Macs stack up.

Tags: Apple, benchmarks, blog, hardware, iMac, Mac, PC World, PcWorld, post, speed, testing, tests, welcome, Windows, XP

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