Following is found in The New York Times blog . A good read. ( Apple Imperfecto , ApplePhobia or MacPhobia ) . Oh is there a domain available with name ApplePhobia ? . Oh yes it is . I am gonna book it .

For Apple, these are the best of times and the worst of times.

The Cupertino, Calif., consumer electronics company is on a tear like never before. It’s winning market share from Microsoft, enough to persuade the software giant to embark on a costly ad campaign that’s being described as a belated response to Apple’s Vista-baiting Get-a-Mac ads. Apple stock has outpaced Google’s, and in the space of a year the iPhone has turned the telecommunications industry in a knot trying to find a way to respond.

But there have also been dramatic stumbles. A botched launch of MobileMe — the company’s new data-syncing service — has led Apple to make repeated offers of free services to frustrated customers. And there have been teething problems for its generally well-received 3G iPhone, including flaky reception and weak battery life. Last week, the company apparently offered a software patch for a festering Achilles’ heel that caused repeated freezes in the Macbook Air, more than seven months after customers began complaining about the problem.