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Mac Migration: The Small Business Guide to Switching to the Mac /  by Jason Rich

Book review by Dave Greenbaum

Originally published and written for the Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0 http://www.laugks.org/ and published by the author at http://www.clickheretech.com.

As an avid reader of Entrepreneur magazine, I had very high hopes for this book. More and more businesses are switching to Mac from PC and need a guide focused on how to get typical business functions done on the Mac. The book completely skips the iLife suite and takes the reader from the decision to buy a Mac over to the key tools a business owner needs in order to run a business on their Mac. Unfortunately, the book is incomplete, inconsistent and needs to check its facts.

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Review by Dave Greenbaum, clickheretech.com

Originally published and written for the Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0 http://www.laugks.org/news and published by the author at   http://www.clickheretech.com.

At one point in history, the word “executive” tended to stand for some type of higher-end product, or a product with special features that separated it from the merely ordinary. Unfortunately, today, when we hear “executive” we think of corruption, bribes, and incompetence. Executive Sync tends to use the newer, less appealing meaning of the word. However at $29.99, it won’t wipe out your 401(k) unlike those other “Executives.”

Executive Sync promises to sync files “to servers running Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and more” as well as “keep your work or personal files up-to-date between home, office, and on the road.” It does…but not really. I had inaccurately assumed the product was similar to Sugar Sync or Drop Box: I specify the computers I want synced and this happens in the background. I was wrong.
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On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders by Michael A. Banks

Review by Dave Greenbaum, www.clickheretech.com

Originally published and written for the Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0 http://www.laugks.org/news and published by the author at http://www.clickheretech.com.

I remember my first CompuServe experience back in the early 80s.  We were living in Ohio and my uncle worked in Columbus for some computer company.  He had his own computer, which was absolutely amazing to me.  I was in middle school at the time and remember being allowed to use the TRS-80 in the administrative offices.  The computers were cool and I was hooked.  I could chat with girls who didn’t take one look at me and walk away.

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