I just got a MacBook Air and have been enjoying having the world's lightest laptop. It's an amazing piece of engineering and while it appears to have some critical features missing (like a DVD drive or Ethernet port) the fact...

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My boss had a great suggestion for our local business web site: create a stock index like the S&P 500 that's just comprised of companies in our area. He said we should add it to our site but I honestly...

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Giving a loved one a laptop can be a great experience. As with any gift, the impulse comes from generosity and a wish to improve someone's life; but unfortunately, there are times when any well-intentioned gift can go badly wrong....

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Just bought a new MacBook and love it, especially the ability to run Windows through the Parallels system, but there's one thing that's driving me totally crazy: every once in a while it randomly shuts down with no warning. It's...

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Please help me! someone has shut me out from my own apple Mac laptop! They have taken the admin privilages and set-up a guest account for me! I use MacOS 9....

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Dave, I just heard that Apple released some new computers and is touting that its latest release of some of the cool Apple software is built around "Universal Applications" technology, or something like that. I've been a long-time Mac user:...

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