In 1996, Wired interviewed Steve Jobs. I gave that interview another look last night, and was startled (not for the first time) at how much he got right, and how much of the interview telegraphed things to come from Apple. “It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind” is on my other blog, Skin of a [...]
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Macs at the University of Oregon School of Law (Fall 2010)
Dennis Bishop, the Director of Information & Technology at the University of Oregon School of Law, has in the past been good enough to send me a breakdown of laptop use at his school. Now he has updated numbers for Fall 2010. Macs are doing rather well: Student Platforms (all) MacOS = 371 (67%) Windows [...]
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Assessing the iPad
I’ve been obsessing about the iPad for at least two years. In a post called The Perfect Law School Laptop in February of 2008 I suggested that a perfect law school laptop would: Cost less than $2,000 Have sufficient power to handle daily applications Incorporate truly exceptional WiFi Use a 10″ – 12″ screen (so [...]
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Refurbished MacBooks and MacBook Pros
Apple is currently offering several MacBook and MacBook Pro refurb deals at the Apple Store online. Here are a couple of examples out of several: Refurbished MacBook 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo – White for $849 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display 2GB memory 160GB hard drive NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics Built-in iSight camera Refurbished MacBook 2.4GHz [...]
MacBook Pro 15″ Gets Anti-Glare
If you’re buying a 15″ MBP from Apple’s online store, for $50 you can get an anti-glare screen, rather than the standard glossy. I’ve still never owned a glossy screen Mac laptop, but I’m not sure I’d shell out $50 to stick with a matte screen. More info at c|net.
