My Apple rep, Joe, was in my office as I was packing up at the end of the day. I leaned over to my MacBook, clicked the Apple icon, and clicked Shut Down.
“Did you just shut down your MacBook?” Joe asked. He gave me the same look one might give someone who had just shoved [...]
Posts Tagged ‘laptops’
The Advantage in Being Proprietary
Where Are the Vista Apologists?
Brooding
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
I’ve become more and more impressed with the MacBook I’ve been evaluating. Between reader comments and the things an Apple rep has showed me, I’m starting to really see the appeal of OS X.
The much-touted ease of use is really there. With no more instruction than “click here and here,” my son [...]
Dvorak Missing the Point?
Cranky tech pundit John C. Dvorak recently wrote a PC Magazine column slamming the One Laptop per Child project. Dvorak knows his stuff, and he makes some good points about these children being exposed to all the garbage on the Internet. However, I think he may have missed the point with his “let them eat [...]
Gimme 13 Inches
Size Comparison
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
If nothing else, this MacBook experiment is making me fall in love with 13″ notebooks.
I’ve been lugging a 15″ Dell Inspiron 8000 around for six years now, and it’s somewhat of a beast. It’s unwieldy in the lap because most of its weight pitches toward the back and ends up right [...]
