John Infante’s “Summer of Zero Tip #5: Get on Twitter” post in the blog Fearfully Optimistic advocates giving Twitter a try. As someone who started some time last year, didn’t grok it, then got into it full swing the second time around, I second the recommendation. Once I started using Twitter comfortably, I found my [...]
It seems Apple has figured out how to consistently deliver better support than its competitors. This independent survey by Vocalabs reveals that Apple beat Dell and HP at support call satisfaction by a substantial margin.
This reminds me of buddy Spence’s recent #epicfail interactions with Gateway.
The newest version of the Mac operating system, Snow Leopard (aka MacOS X 10.6) will hit the streets in September. Apple has shrewdly priced Snow Leopard at $29, which is a small price to pay for what looks to be the best OS Apple has ever created. But you can pay even less if you [...]
That’s a mouthful.
I haven’t tried it yet, but I just came across a link to an interesting software project called Prey. It’s designed to help you recover your laptop in the unfortunate event of theft.
I wrote an article waaaaay back in 2007 about two commercial apps that perform a similar function. If you use [...]
As with the last rev of the Apple laptop lineup, when the new ones roll in, deals can be found on the previous model. Prices on MacBooks are cut by $100-$300, MacBook Pros are down by $400 – $500, and MacBook Airs are $400-$800 cheaper.
When the unibody MacBook Pros were introduced a few months ago, [...]