One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Monday, 20 January 2003

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Microsoft financial results for the most recent quarter showed a net profit of $2.55 billion (more than Apple's total revenue for the quarter). The company's board of directors approved a two-for-one stock split and a dividend of $0.16/share (pre-split) [Macintouch]

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MIKE WENDLAND: Apple's looks, functions convert this PC devotee 'As I wrote about an amazingly full-featured tiny $999 iBook for a fall laptop review, I realized that I had slowly become very attracted to these machines. When it came time to send the review unit back, there was a very real sense of loss.

By early December, I was so lovelorn that there was no stopping me. I drove to the Apple Store at the Somerset Collection in Troy and came home with a new dual-processor 1 GB G4 Power Mac system with 1 GB of memory and a 17-inch flat-screen monitor.

My five-month-old Dell Dimension 8200 system got pushed aside like a jilted lover. What's caused this lifestyle change? I'm a sucker for a pretty interface -- and the way the Mac looks and feels and operates simply seduced me.'