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Mac or PC?

by Karoli on August 31, 2007

Continuing on from last night, we’re now in serious CAM (Computer Acquisition Mode).
So should it be a Mac? Or a PC?
He’s looking at the MacBook with the SuperDrive, student price $1199.
Dell’s comparable laptop (with a bigger screen – 14.1″) is $1,204 with student pricing.
He also wants to upgrade his version [...]

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Back to School Updates

by Karoli on August 30, 2007

DG Honors Update:
She was placed back into the Honors classes today. I received an email informing me that there was room after they placed all the GATE-qualified students first. I did my best to ignore the implication that it was somehow a gift, given that she has met the Honors criteria [...]

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Saving the Children. Or not.

by Karoli on June 10, 2007

Julie Amero’s case is not unique. It happens far too often. I’ve been focused on the Julie case because it was one of the most blatant misunderstandings of malware I’d ever seen. Until today. I thought I’d seen it all, but the case of a child persecuted in the name of [...]

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I was really half-kidding when I wrote my “Dear Microsoft” post this afternoon, but even as I inserted my tongue in cheek, I was shaking my head.
Sending out laptops to people to playtest and review is a great idea, but Microsoft missed the boat with this one. First, they put together [...]

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Dear Microsoft

by Karoli on December 27, 2006

I want one of these. I promise to be honest and disclose and give a thorough review, but I really, really want one just like Scott Beale’s. Even though Christmas is over, can I please, pretty please, have one?
Technorati Tags: ferrari laptop, microsoft, vista, hardware reviews

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Google vs. Microsoft?

by Karoli on August 30, 2006

It’s geek night here. Actually it’s been geek week.
First it was the decision-making process for my cell phone upgrade. Do I go with a Blackberry, Treo, Smartphone, or stay with the more traditional Razr? Given that I’m married to Cingular for another year until the kids’ contracts run out, changing services [...]

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