Old computers in Shady Land.

December 16, 2010

There are better technologies for businesses these days than relying on desktop PCs and Microsoft Windows, at least as far as most tasks are concerned. Marco Ament spoke about the issues surrounding adoption of ChromeOS, but the same goes for the iPad, or even Macs in general. Simply put, the immediate strain on the current [...]

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Our iPad use experiment.

November 18, 2010

Lately, all the Apple talk has been around the MacBook Air’s ability to serve as one’s primary computer, but we say that’s not going far enough. When the iPad was released, we embarked on a revolutionary experiment: replace our 17″ MacBook Pro with a 3G iPad, and see if the much smaller, sleeker device had [...]

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iPad setup time is negligible.

November 1, 2010

Following up on our comments regarding the iPad and MacBook Air, we’d like to address Ben Brooks’ arguments about the iPad being more cumbersome in a classroom setup, which we find to be blatantly bunk. …think about how much more cumbersome setting up an iPad for note taking would be if you add a keyboard [...]

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The MacBook Air and the iPad.

October 31, 2010

At the recent Back to the Mac event, Apple unveiled their redone Macbook Air, which now comes in two form factors: a 13″ model that is, basically, an updated version of the old Air, and an 11″ model that hearkens back to the 12″ Powerbook days. This latter model is every bit the “starter” Mac [...]

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iPad gobbling up laptop sales.

September 17, 2010

When we suggest that someone consider an iPad for basic home computing, we often still hear, “Why would I get an iPad instead of a laptop?” And this is followed with our typical explanation that 99% of what people need a computer for is a word processor and a web browser, and that because of [...]

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The iPod Touch is a baby iPad.

May 5, 2010

One of the common quips about the iPad is that it’s nothing more than a “large iPod Touch.” It’s a statement the naysayers are fond of making, along with those who lash out at anything made by Apple as though Microsoft were still the only developer putting out a useful, solid operation system anymore; it’s [...]

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