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 = 166 (32%)
Unknown [...]
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 as to not get [...]
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 Intel Core 2 Duo – Aluminum for [...]
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.
Amazon is now taking pre-orders for OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), which Apple is going to release next month. The upgrade price for a single license is $29, and they’re offering a 5-pack family bundle for $49. They’re also offering a 5-pack bundle for the Mac Box Set. This is perhaps the most under-appreciated deal [...]
