Comments on: Get a MAC! http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/ Visit each TechnoTuesday to expand your knowledge in Classroom Technology Integration! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:55:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Heather Loy http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-677 Heather Loy Wed, 14 May 2008 00:29:08 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-677 Will do that sometime this summer. Another media specialist and I are planning on attending some training at one of the apple stores (she wants to go to the one in Charlotte, but our other option is Atlanta) and learn the ins and out of our macs. Hopefully, I can have them check out mine while I'm there. When it doesn't get overheated (ie: during the cooler months) I get a good two or more hours of use. But since the temperature has risen, so has the temperature of my mac. I purchased a cooling pad/fan system, however, it drains the battery just as much as the internal fan, but at least my lap doesn't get so hot! If I'm on a/c, everything is fine. Will do that sometime this summer. Another media specialist and I are planning on attending some training at one of the apple stores (she wants to go to the one in Charlotte, but our other option is Atlanta) and learn the ins and out of our macs. Hopefully, I can have them check out mine while I’m there. When it doesn’t get overheated (ie: during the cooler months) I get a good two or more hours of use. But since the temperature has risen, so has the temperature of my mac. I purchased a cooling pad/fan system, however, it drains the battery just as much as the internal fan, but at least my lap doesn’t get so hot! If I’m on a/c, everything is fine.

]]> By: Cathy Nelson http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-675 Cathy Nelson Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:18 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-675 Heather you may want to check--there were some Macs sold that used a bad batch of batteries, or so I'm told. Can you get to a store and have them check?? Since my new battery, I'm whizzing along cord free for a couple of hours. Oh and I've been a good girl and not added anymore desktop icons since Saturday. I had no idea.... Get your Mac checked. Their support is AWESOME. Heather you may want to check–there were some Macs sold that used a bad batch of batteries, or so I’m told. Can you get to a store and have them check?? Since my new battery, I’m whizzing along cord free for a couple of hours.

Oh and I’ve been a good girl and not added anymore desktop icons since Saturday. I had no idea….

Get your Mac checked. Their support is AWESOME.

]]> By: Heather Loy http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-674 Heather Loy Tue, 13 May 2008 23:09:46 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-674 See, knew I should have been using a Mac all along. I HATE a cluttered desktop. My desktop at work only has stuff I can't get to delete (trash can, my doc, my comp, etc.) My Mac only has the Macintosh HD and my dotmac icon. My problem is my Mac's battery gets drained in no time due to overheating & fan running. See, knew I should have been using a Mac all along. I HATE a cluttered desktop. My desktop at work only has stuff I can’t get to delete (trash can, my doc, my comp, etc.) My Mac only has the Macintosh HD and my dotmac icon. My problem is my Mac’s battery gets drained in no time due to overheating & fan running.

]]> By: Lesley Edwards http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-673 Lesley Edwards Sun, 11 May 2008 15:45:21 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-673 Thanks for the tip about icons on the desktop. Mine is littered, so time to do some housekeeping! Thanks for the tip about icons on the desktop. Mine is littered, so time to do some housekeeping!

]]> By: Cathy Nelson http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-669 Cathy Nelson Sun, 11 May 2008 14:51:52 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-669 Alec--I have now had my MBP for 16 months, and admittedly held on to the icon fetish from my PC world (my pc world is locked in at work!) I am in love with the Mac side now and when colleagues ask my input for their next computer or laptop purchase, I strongly recommend looking at Macs. My son persuaded me, and I do not regret the decision. And that immediate service with no questions asked about my service agreement or money for the battery has truly converted me! W00T! Alec–I have now had my MBP for 16 months, and admittedly held on to the icon fetish from my PC world (my pc world is locked in at work!) I am in love with the Mac side now and when colleagues ask my input for their next computer or laptop purchase, I strongly recommend looking at Macs. My son persuaded me, and I do not regret the decision. And that immediate service with no questions asked about my service agreement or money for the battery has truly converted me! W00T!

]]> By: couros http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-667 couros Sun, 11 May 2008 05:05:39 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/get-a-mac/#comment-667 Welcome to the good side, Cathy! Welcome to the good side, Cathy!

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