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Official List of States that will Support ExamSoft’s SofTest Mac

Here is the official list of states supporting the Mac version of ExamSoft’s test software: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut,  Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon,  Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, [...]

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The 80% Solution

Want to resolve 80% of the technical problems you will encounter with your Mac? Follow these two relatively simple steps: 1. Reboot your Mac and simultaneous hold down the command-option-p-r keys. If you do this properly your Mac’s screen will flash and it will cycle a reboot. Keep holding down the keys until your Mac [...]

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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 [...]

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