Dear Friends,

We were all shocked and dismayed to learn of the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday. I hope I am never “conditioned” to reports of senseless violence like this. To see innocent people killed and maimed by a berserker with or without a political agenda is truly terrifying. Our thoughts go out to the victims and their families but also to the brave first responders and ordinary citizens, that in the face of danger, rushed to help the victims.

I was able to get my motorcycle out this week and took the long circuit to visit both Burlington and Rutland. Our Rutland store is getting close and we are putting the finishing touches on it in preparation for our Grand Opening on May 4th. One of the nice features of the new store is a beautiful classroom to do trainings and seminars.

Sometimes the Mac operating system is so intuitive that people just get to work and start using their Macs without learning some of the basics of the operating system. I know that was the case early in my career. I found that when I put a Mac on an employee’s desk, they produced useful work at the end of the day. On the other hand, if I put a PC on an employee’s desk, it would take a week.

Recently, I have been working with a friend who was accustomed to using PCs, and when I convinced her to buy a Mac, she just got to work. However, since she never really took the time to learn the Finder and its features, there has been some confusion. I figure that I will start at the beginning and go through all the features of the Finder and the System Preferences, since they are so powerful!

Our Hammerhead Case division just got the Capo case for the iPad mini in stock. This form-fitting hard plastic case is built to protect your iPad mini. We made several improvements from the larger Capo case for the full-size iPad including beefing up the hinge and latch and installing thicker inner material. We also had our manufacturer perform drop testing. They did 100 drops from 4 feet without damage to the case. I think you will find this to be a great case for your iPad mini. I have been using one on mine for the last several months (but haven’t done any drop testing yet!).