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Oh, The Choices: Macbook Air vs. Macbook Pro

With the introduction of the new Macbook Air last week, you started to see a glimpse of where Apple is heading with the Macbook lineup. Sooner or later they are probably going to be moving away from the Pro’s and moving to all Air’s as their laptop line. Or they may keep both lines, who knows. But, with these faster and more improved new Macbook Air’s, one’s decision on what to buy has now gotten a little harder. So which one should you buy? Well, lets check them out.

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Using Gestures in Lion

One of the great new features in the new OS X of Lion is the fact that Apple implemented many great gesture features. Gestures, are a feature that Apple has slowly been starting to migrate to more and more. With the advent of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad, swiping and flicking have started to become a part of the experience of using an Apple product. So it only made sense that Apple would start to implement gestures into the Mac. With Lion, Apple took advantage of this in an even greater way than before. When used properly, this can really help you with using your Mac. Let me show you some of the new gestures and what they do.

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ZooGue Binder Pad for iPad 2: Preview and Coupon Code

As most of you know who follow The Easy Mac, I am a fan of ZooGue and Tim Angel, the genius behind the company. I have been able to review ZooGue cases for the iPad and the iPad 2. I have always been a fan of the ZooGue case, for the most part, as I love that I can have my iPad at any angle. Read the rest of this entry »



The Different Ways to Get Lion


Well, Lion is finally here. And whether we like it or not, this is the first time that Apple is not releasing OS X on a disk. So it got me thinking. What are the many ways that you can obtain Lion? So I came up with a list. Some of them cost money, and others don’t. Most of these I believe are legit and legal. There are some that I am not sure if you may be bending the rules or not, but hey, it is worth a shot. Like the saying goes “Act now, as for forgiveness later.”

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Are You Out of Your (Lion) Mind?



So as many of you have already heard, Apple has released their next version of their OS X, Lion, today. And with it comes many changes in the software. But one of the biggest changes is the fact that you can no longer buy a physical CD of the OS as you could with previous versions. Apple is shifting their gears and pointing everyone to the Mac App Store to now purchase Lion. You can get the new operating system for $29.99. All that is well and good, but what if you don’t want to buy from the Mac App Store or you want a physical copy of Lion. Here is what APple PR has to say abou that.

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