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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Exhibit One: a tilt-shift application built for OS X, which costs $14.99. Purchase from the developer’s web page, install conventionally. Copy installation files manually to run on more than one computer. Exhibit Two: one of numerous, similar applications for the iPhone, which costs $1.99. Purchased from the AppStore, installed accordingly, sync between computers via iTunes [...]