Hi All,

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend last week's meeting. Turnout could
have been
better, but there were three other competing meetings at the same time. Such is
life.

1) Meeting Recap
2) Macs and the CA Bar Exam
3) Contact the CA Bar
4) Links

- Katz

1) Dane and Cris (both from Apple) brought pizza and gave out t-shirts. Dane
then
demonstrated new features in Leopard. We can buy the OS upgrade from the USF
Bookstore for $69 (the student price from Apple is ~$120). As an aside, the
Bookstore also
has iWork for somewhere between $30-$40, which is again much cheaper than
anywhere
else. Microsoft Office 2008 is ~$140 at the Bookstore.

2) Regarding Intel Macs and the CA Bar Exam, Dane has contacted people at Apple
and
asked them to push the Bar to approve using Apple computers, booted into Windows
via
Boot Camp, for taking the Bar Exam. He said he'll drop me a line, one way or the
other,
when he learns more.

3) If you'd like to contact the CA Bar to ask why users of Apple laptops are
forced to buy a
Windows laptop to take the Bar Exam, you should contact the LA office.

Phone: 213-765-1550

Feel free to call, but last time I called, they asked that all correspondence be
via the mail
(no email, no fax). If you're going to contact them, please be professional. To
send a
letter, direct it to:

Office of Admissions
The State Bar of California
1149 S. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Attn: Admissions Dept.
John Rodriguez, Director of Operations and Management

It should be noted that students at all of the UC law schools are allowed to use
their Macs.
Students at those schools boot into Windows via Boot Camp and use SofTest for
exams
(the same software the Bar uses). ExamSoft, the makers of SofTest, have approved
this
setup and officially say it works. According to ExamSoft technical support, it
is the CA Bar
who has chosen, despite ExamSoft's assurances, to ban Apple laptops from the CA
Bar
Exam.

Another option is to contact Steve Jobs directly via email about the problem. He
(or, more
likely, his people) supposedly read and respond to all emails. I'd imagine
Apple's market
share among attorneys would increase if law students were able to buy an Apple
laptop
knowing that they'd be able to use it for their entire legal career.

steve@...

4) Links:
100 Useful Mac Apps:
http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/01/top-100-essential-mac-applications.html

New iPhone and iPod Touch released today:
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/february#tue-05-double

Unboxing a mint Apple IIc:
http://flickr.com/photos/dansays/sets/72157603835099525/

Using your Mac wisely (video content):
http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/25/using-your-mac-wisely-video-content/

Quote of the day:
http://sippey.typepad.com/filtered/2008/02/quote-of-the-da.html