Apple’s MacBook laptop, the company’s low-end portable computer aimed at average consumers, isn’t just any old product. It’s the best-selling Macintosh in history, at a time when Mac sales are growing much faster than sales of PCs in the U.S. overall. And, according to the sales-research organization NPD Group, the midrange model of the MacBook has been the single best-selling laptop of any brand in U.S. retail stores for the past five months.
This year, with Microsoft and Apple set to upgrade operating systems, Walt Mossberg’s spring computer buyer’s guide focuses on buying a machine for the new OS you may soon want.
Apple is rolling out new versions of its iMac and MacBook this week. Though both new Macs sport important improvements, they are evolutionary, not revolutionary, writes Walt Mossberg.
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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