It seems Apple computer is poised to gain a stronger foothold in the PC market. Apple has maintained only a six to ten percent share of the PC sales market over the years. That is until next week when its rumored Apple will announce its sub $500 desktop unit and new office suite (iWorks). One of consumers’ complaints about Apple was in regards to the high price for Apple hardware. The other complaint is that Apple doesn’t have nearly the amount of software titles available as Windows based PCs. Well with the new economy-based Mac selling for a rumored $450 this should quickly end the Apple over-pricing issue. After all, the cheapest economy Dell system goes for about $450 too. That economy Dell comes with an operating system and the hardware basics while the new Econo-Mac is rumored to included iWorks and iLife. iWorks would include all of your typical office programs (spreadsheet, word processor, presentation application) and iLife would include your media applications (picture/media viewer and editor and music center). The choice would be quite simple for me if I was new to the PC market – buy a Mac.

You are saying “okay” but the Mac still doesn’t run or support the same amount of program applications as a Window PC. I must say I agree with you and that this is an issue that Mac owners have struggled with overtime. Many hope Steve Jobs may be able to change this drawback for the Mac.

In the mean time keep an eye out for Apple’s new 1 GB flash iPod player that should retail inexpensively. It’s nice to know that Jobs and his bots are finally getting the message that cheaper Apple hardware and software will attract new Apple branded buyers.

–DJ “Black Big Mac” Webb

My New Year’s Resolutions (in order of potential accomplishment)

1. Donate to the tsunami victims
2. Purchase beachfront property in Sri Lanka or Seychelles
3. Finish Dissertation
4. Get a girlfriend
5. Gain more weight
6. Save money to buy the new Apple ‘puter with the Blu-Ray ROM
7. Lose weight
8. Go to the Netherlands and Germany
9. Father a child overseas
10. Dump girlfriend once back home in US
11. Get excited about being single for Christmas 2005!
12. Beat Loki at Risk!

This just in…. Bobert A Peed supports the Hispanic folk! Meet Bobert at the Chi Chi’s on Broken Land Parkway in Landover, MD tonight at 7:00pm. Free food for all. See you there!

I am here to officially announce the running of Bobert A. Peed for Vice President of the US of A!!! Hot Damn! We here at moveon.org have been working on this development for months! Though its late in the campaign season we are hopeful to get Bobert elected. Unlike Chaney, Bobert is in EXCELLENT health for a 57 year old American man. We will tell more about Bobert’s platform in later post but we will tell you that he is a strong advocate for employee lunches, legalized prostitution, pro-Medicare, and he lives by the saying “finders keepers – loser weepers!” He also is pro-choice, anti-gun control, pro-same sex marriage, pro-gun control, supports amending the constitution of the United States to make same-sex marriage unconstitutional, and is anti-gun control. Like I said, we will explain more of his views soon. We are also in the process of setting up a VP debate… stay tuned.

Guest financial commentary from DJWebb

I think McDonald’s executives are all smoking crack up at cooperate headquarters. Why would I make such a strong statement? Well, I went to the local McDonalds and ordered a large fry and double cheeseburger with no onions. I ordered the fries to get the new Monopoly game pieces. The McDonald’s guy at the McRegister smiled and handed me a large plastic cup too and said here is drink for you. I had already paid for my purchase which only came to $2.50 or so for the fries and double cheeseburger. I am not sure why he gave me the free drink… maybe he just thought I was a nice guy who was thirsty. None the less the cup had two Monopoly game pieces on it. So between my fries and my free drink I had four Monopoly game pieces. I carefully stumbled to my car with my purchase and anxiously sat down with my game pieces. The first one I peeled was Parkplace for $1,000,000 but it requires Boardwalk to win the million dollar prize. Next I got an instant win piece for a McFlurry! Then I got one of the railroads which you need to collect all four to win a outdoor adventure vacation. Last I open my fourth game piece and won a medium breakfast value meal! Damn skippy I say! My investment of $2.50 eneded up with a 32 ounce free coke, free McFlurry, and free breakfast value meal! Then when I got home I discovered they have a internet site for the game that allows you a second chance to win a prize for each game piece you receive! I entered all four codes and cleaned up with a $20 PC Game, a ringtone, and a song download from Sony.

Okay, so you wonder what is wrong with this picture? I don’t think McDonald’s is trying to make a profit anymore. I think the management has gone batty and decided to give away all of the company’s profits through Monopoly 2.0 and its sheer kindness to its customers! This makes sense to me, as most people won’t buy McDonalds food cos it kills you… so they are forced to give the stuff away. I give McDonald’s (symbol MCD) stock a “SELL” rating for the next 30 days. I don’t claim to be an official financial planner or advisor but I have been able to predict the future in some circumstances. Good luck and invest your McDollars wisely.

Be careful what you sing for…

William Shatner just released a new album titled Has Been on October 05, 2004. He sings several cover songs on his new album, one of which is Pulp’s Common People. I must admit I really find the song very clever and humorous – but it doesn’t beat the original. I just hope Bill realizes he almost reflects the very wishful and demanding lyrics that he “sings” in his version of Common People. Well folks, I am here to say that we must put a stop to his self fulfilling sing-rock-phecy! I am in the process of ordering his album now and I hope you do too. I refuse to allow Bill to claim membership to us common people. The only way to prevent this is to propel him financially so that he continues to live a life afloat in stardom. Nanu Nanu.

It’s actually quite funny. I read a lot of discussion board forums on the WWW. I am always amused by the lively debates that ensue over such topics as religion, gun control, abortion, computer platforms, Carrot Top, etc… Unfortunately these debates are often very heated and users become very inflamed and start to sound like children in 6th grade attempting to show how clever they can be with what they perceive as witty insults and limericks. A majority of the time they end up sounding like uneducated, uninformed, babbling fools. Even worse is when you’ve been having a heated debate over ( insert controversial issue HERE) to soon discover the “forum poster” at the other end is in fact just twelve years old. Good-day.

I really hope Kerry brings up the whole pretzel issue at tonight’s debate. I think the Kerry campaign has forgotten about this wonderful incident. Even better, Kerry should bring the President a bag of pretzels to share at tonights debate.

I have been trying to fall asleep tonight but something keeps me awake. We hear a lot about the Iraq war but what about the multi-million dollar space defence system that protects us from nukes (CODE NAME = STAR WARS). Ronald Regan and his power rangers are the ones to thank for this system. This system, though classified – uses lasers, missles, hot steam, and compressed air to keep America safe. After all this system ended the cold war! I only wonder if GW has been keeping this system up and running or is he treating it like the Hubble?