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5Words for Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Sell yourself, Yahoo. Or don’t. Yahoo price: boatloads of cash. Google introduces Web Elements widgets. AT&T readies a speed boost. iPhones dominate smartphone Web traffic. A family of MacBooks...
View ArticleIs the New MacBook Air the First Apple Netbook?
Remember Steve Jobs demolishing the whole idea of netbooks back at Apple’s iPad launch in January? I’m a netbook fan, but I still found his takedown awfully entertaining. Jobs was, of course,...
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The Appliance Age of Computing
My weekly Technologizer column for TIME.com this up. I wrote about the overarching message of last week’s Apple event–which, between the almost entirely solid-state MacBook Airs, the iPad-like new...
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Living With Apple’s 11.6″ MacBook Air
I like ridiculously small notebooks. There was a time when I used a truly diminutive Fujitsu subnotebook called the Lifebook B112 as my main mobile machine. I also have a soft spot for netbooks. I’m...
View ArticleMacBook Airs: Let There Be Light!
When I switched from a MacBook Pro to a MacBook Air as my main computer, there were only three features I missed: the optical drive (occasionally), built-in Ethernet (very occasionally), and a backlit...
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New MacBook Airs: Thin, Light, and Utterly Mainstream
When Steve Jobs unveiled the first MacBook Air at Macworld Expo back in January of 2008, he induced lots of oohs and aahs over its astoundingly thin case. I don’t, however, remember many people...
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Air Apparents! Ultrabooks and Other Slimmed-Down Windows PCs
For the longest time, Apple laptops lived in their own world of stylish design, while PC makers remained steadfast in their focus on beefier specs for lower prices. I remember looking two years ago for...
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In Which I Bid Flash Adieu
For awhile now, I’ve been battling some maddeningly persistent, mysterious technical gremlins that have infested my MacBook Air. The machine would work just great. Then, without warning, it would get...
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