Given this is all nothing more than baseless navel-gazing, I suspect Dave is right that the next iteration of iPad is not going to turn the original on its head. Assuming the product cycle is more than a year (I’d eat my shoe if…
Continue reading →Ben Brooks on MacBook Air + 30 Days
In short, he loves it. “It has been over a month now that I have used the MacBook Air as my primary machine, and one thing is for sure: it is the best upgrade over the MacBook Pro that I could have made. Yes,…
Continue reading →Mac at Work Hits Amazon
Now there is something I never expected to see.
Continue reading →Popular Science on the iPad
I can’t help but think that in the not so distant future we will look at the initial periodical offerings on the iPad with the same disdain we currently have for those CD-ROMs that were all the rage about 10 years ago. Nevertheless, some…
Continue reading →Mac at Work – Book Update
It’s time for an update on Mac at Work, the Book. The writing is done and the whole pile of 90,000 words is out of my hands. The book is now going through the printing process which, as best as I can tell, either…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Fletcher Penney
I’ve always admired Fletcher Penney and the work he did developing MultiMarkdown. Recently, I convinced Fletcher to join us on the Mac Power Users Markdown/MultiMarkdown episode and was delighted to find what a nice person Fletcher is. Anyway, Fletcher loves his iPad and agreed…
Continue reading →BusyCal 1.5 Releases
BusyCal 1.5 is now out officially supporting MobileMe’s CalDav protocol letting users once again use BusyCal with their MobileMe calendars. I’ve been using the beta for several months and approve. Some would argue BusyCal’s utility is diminished with MobileMe now including calendar sharing. I…
Continue reading →Win the Smile Productivity Suite
The Mac Power Users and Smile are sponsoring a contest where you can win a free copy of Smile’s Productivity Suite including PDFpen Pro, TextExpander, DiscLabel and PageSender – a $129 value. In order to enter, download Smile’s DiscLabel and make some labels. Send…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 38: iTunes Intensive
Mac Power Users Episode 38 is live. Katie and I cover media management and iTunes including playlists, media storage, and other iTunes power tips. You can get it on iTunes here or on the web right here. Enjoy.
Listen & read notes →SSD Performance Degradation
Allan Morris ran an interesting series of benchmarks on his Crucial SSD when it was new and then later after use and found performance remained largely the same. I’m curious to see if the MacBook Air’s SSD holds up as well.
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