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Screen Shot 2015-09-09 at 10.41.25 AM On the right you’ll see a screenshot I captured from today’s Apple event. One half of that image is an Apple staff member talking about the latest and greatest iPad Pro. On the other half of the image you’ll see… a Microsoft logo. At an Apple event? These two…
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surface1 For about three weeks, I’ve carried around the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 as my “daily driver” laptop. I’ve written plenty of reviews about new machines, but what makes this “test” a little different is that I didn’t have a backup laptop. Under normal circumstances, anything I test is just a temporary thing. I may…
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wwdc2013 In just a few minutes, the yearly Apple World Wide Developer Conference (aka WWDC) will be starting. If you’re into that sort of thing, you should probably be watching Engadget’s Liveblog. I’ve been looking forward to WWDC2013 because I’ve got a few hopes and desires for this year’s announcements.
Video_Conference_Room_West_of_Council_Chambers Modern IT is an increasingly Mac-friendly endeavor. One of the major annoyances (in my book) with Macs is the use of adapters and dongles. It isn’t so much that adapters are required, it’s that in shared spaces (such as conference rooms) you need to have them easily accessible AND removable, but not-easily wandered off…
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One MacBook Pro with Retina… 3 external screens Yesterday someone asked me about multi-monitor support for our work machines. I rattled off the standard statistics for Dells, MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros… then realized I wasn’t sure what the Retina Pro supported. This could not stand, so I had to go test it out! The Retina…
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When the MacBook Pros with Retina display were first announced, I figured we’d never buy them at work because they were more expensive. As it turns out, if you take a non-Retina MacBook Pro and add 8 GB RAM and a 256 GB SSD which makes the system specs identical to the Retina Pro (sans…