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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Office Suite Smackdown :: PowerPoint 2008 vs. Keynote ’08

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Product Reviews, Software

This is the final installment about Macworld‘s recent series of articles comparing Apple’s iWork ’08 and Microsoft Office 2008 to determine which is superior.  Here, we will take a look at Keynote ’08 and PowerPoint 2008, as reviewed by Franklin Tessler. Mr. Tessler found that Keynote‘s workflow and overall feature set remain superior to PowerPoint. … Continue Reading

Apple Updates iMacs

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Hardware

Apple introduced its updated iMac yesterday.  The new version offers the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. The ultimate all-in-one desktop computer includes faster processors with 6MB L2 cache, a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line, and 2GB of memory standard in… Continue Reading

Office Suite Smackdown :: Excel 2008 vs. Numbers ’08

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Product Reviews, Software

This is the second article about Macworld‘s series of articles that comparing Apple’s iWork ’08 programs with their Microsoft Office 2008 programs to determine which is better.  Rob Griffiths conducted this analysis of Numbers ’08 versus Excel 2008. Mr. Griffiths concluded that while Numbers can create a prettier spreadsheet, Excel is simpler to use.  Specifically,… Continue Reading

Office Suite Smackdown :: Word 2008 vs. Pages ’08

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Product Reviews, Software

Macworld recently published a series of articles that compared Apple’s iWork ’08 products with their Microsoft Office 2008 counterparts to determine which was better. In the word processing segment, it was Jeffrey Battersby’s analysis of Pages vs. Word. Mr. Battersby concluded that unless you are changing the way a text document looks (where Word’s document… Continue Reading

Popular Mechanics Rates Macs as Superior to PCs

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Hardware, Mac vs. PC, Product Reviews

It’s becoming somewhat "old news" nowadays.  Objective testing by yet another highly respected magazine has concluded that Macs are better than PCs — in both desktop and laptop versions.  This time, it was Popular Mechanics recently ran two comparison tests in its May 2008 edition.  The desktop competition featured the iMac vs. Gateway One, and… Continue Reading

Could “Big Blue” Become a Mac Shop?

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Switching to Macs

According to an article published yesterday by Roughly Drafted, IBM’s Research Information Services division is investigating the possibility of moving a significant numbers of its employees to Macs.  I believe that this information should make a bold statement to attorneys and law firms (particularly larger ones) considering the move to Macs.  The reasons IBM gave… Continue Reading

MILO Chat Podcast, Vol. 2

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Podcasts

Several weeks ago, I posted about the first edition of the MILO Chat Podcast.  The second edition has now been released and is available for listening and/or download by clicking HERE.  This roundtable discussion features the following Mac-using attorneys: Ben Stevens, Grant Griffiths, Finis Price, and Victor Medina.  I hope that you enjoy listening to… Continue Reading

Recent Apple Rumors

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Hardware

I return from a brief family vacation over Spring Break to find that there has been a flurry of rumors about upcoming changes to several Apple’s products. Some of the more interesting rumors are: The MacBook will move from a plastic cover to more eco-friendly materials such as aircraft-grade aluminum and stainless steel (per AppleInsider)… Continue Reading