FT’s gadget guru reviews OS X

What’s this tidbit about then, guv’ner?

Q. Who should consider a Mac? Generally, a Mac is better suited to consumers than to business users. If you want a beautifully designed machine paired with perhaps the best operating system, a Mac is right for you. But you will pay a premium and have less access to third-party software and peripherals.

Ok – maybe most business users are tied to their Windows PC ways, but, I am curious:
1. What premium? There is no premium any more.
2. What popular software package is unavailable for the Mac? Maybe, SAS for consumers? This strawman needs to be thrown out along with (1).
3. What peripherals don’t work with the Mac these days? The cue-cat? I am sure there are some obscure peripherals that no one uses.

And then they wonder why they get complaints!

i, Tinfoil and the fake Adobe-Apple conflicts

i, Cringley reasons that the only reason Apple did not include Flash on iPhones is because they were afraid that Adode would have made Flash the preferred mobile phone platform:

Had Apple allowed a Flash player on the iPhone, it risked having Flash — rather than the Apple-preferred Ajax — become the dominant iPhone web application development environment.  

Hmm. No. Apple did not include Flash because they probably wanted more than a 30 minute battery life.