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...Development. Its 320 students--seventh- to 12th-graders--live on campus five days a week. They are expected to adhere to a strict dress code and keep their room tidy. There are computers in the dorms' common areas, and each student in grades 10 and above is given a desktop computer. At 11:30 every night, it's lights out. "Principals often say, 'If I could just extend my day a little longer, I could do so much,'" says SEED's head of school, Charles Adams. "Here, there's the gift of time. So there's no excuse...
...that's just a simple mouse: Apple has waged similar battles with each of its product lines. 2000's G4 Cube desktop computer was released with a touch-sensitive area to turn on the computer, eschewing the power button. The latest MacBook laptops remove buttons from the trackpad entirely; users click either with a tap of the finger or by pressing the entire trackpad down. The first iPod had five buttons; the current iPod Touch and iPhone have just two. Apple's even expanding the battlefield to its stores - the elevator in the Tokyo Apple Store has no buttons...
...loves using StickyNotes on his Mac,” I heard Singer say to a study-buddy in a hushed tone, “once, I was looking for a song on his computer and just happened to see a whole bunch of them stuck to the desktop of his computer.” “I mean, that’s not that weird,” I heard in response, “I use them all the time to remind myself to finish my homework and stuff...
...thing: "The first music player that talks to you." Uncharacteristically, Apple's p.r. folks, normally a reticent bunch, carried out a coordinated media blitz at dawn, offering up Apple execs to reporters for briefings. The scenario was similar to last month's refresh of the company's desktop Macs, which were also announced without the usual fanfare. (See the top 10 moments in Apple history...
...sales are not growing any more. As a matter of fact, they are shrinking and the drop is accelerating. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), the largest manufacturer of PCs in the world said that its revenue from notebook PC sales dropped 13% in the last quarter and desktop revenue fell 25%. It is likely that results from Dell (DELL) will not be any better when it posts its quarter. Wall St analysts are starting to say that their surveys of retail outlets even show Apple Mac sales slowing...