Computers

I’m a big fan of screen protectors. My MacBook, my iPhone, my Android phone, my iPad — if there’s not a protector on it, I feel nervous. Over the past few months, I’ve tried various invisibleShield protectors from Zagg. They’re expensive, not always perfect, but sometimes I do love them. My review. Before I dive [...]

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I’m a Microsoft Office devotee. Sure, cloud-based apps are fine. But I like dependable, fast software right on my own computer. My life revolves fairly happily around Outlook. You can pry Excel out of my cold dead fingers. But maybe it’ll be Excel 2007 you’ll be prying away, because Office 2010′s new pricing policy has [...]

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Despite what some people may think, it’s easy to print from the iPad. No special drivers are needed, and many people already have an iPad-capable printer. Below, how to print from the iPad.

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iTunes kindly notified me that it was time for yet another update today, making me again wonder why those “updates” have to be so large. Since Steve Jobs has been busy answering emails personally for many people, I figured why not, would he comment? And he did. I wrote: Hi Steve- Why do iTunes “updates” [...]

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Yesterday, I wrote about how I’d shifted from my Macbook to Windows 7. Today, my Sony laptop stopped working. No joke. I’m sorry, Steve Jobs, I repent. I’m back on my MacBook now. Please spare me any further wrath. My Windows 7 laptop is a Sony Vaio that I’ve had for nearly three years. As [...]

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Back in December, I debated whether I should dump the Mac. As circumstances would have it, Apple itself kind of tipped me over to Windows 7, which I’m currently using. Whether I’ll go back to my MacBook remains to be seen. So far, Windows 7 is pretty compelling. Apple’s first mistake in pushing me away [...]

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I’ve been a Mac user for nearly two years now. I’m seriously debating going back to Windows. Part of me doesn’t want to, feeling like I should make the jump entirely away. But a variety of reasons are making Windows appealing again, including cost, multi-monitor support and removable batteries. I used to run a Windows [...]

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I’m leaving Windows further and further behind. First I went to the Macbook Pro. Then I moved my wife to a Macbook in March. Then when that crashed this week, I went Linux — in the small form of an Asus Eee PC. It’s an amazing computer. Windows what? Who needs that? A bad inverter [...]

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Over the years, I’ve had a number of conversations with friends concerned about how disposable (and wasteful) technology has become. Case in point — the new printer I bought for less than the price of ink cartridges. Until last week, I had three printers — a fairly modern HP all-in-one unit, a Brother laser printer [...]

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