Mac Users Research Articles

Thinking like a lawyer

In April, I decided that I wanted to give my writing more attention by committing to a daily writing practice. Although I really like to express myself using pen and paper, I find that it is much easier if I just digitize my writings from the beginning. I decided that the new version of Microsoft OneNote might be a good way to keep these daily scraps in an organized way. I am a mac user so I haven't used this software much. I opened my version of OneNote, which came with my office 365 subscription for mac. Note: this subscription must be renewed each year in order to keep using the service and to have access to OneNote.

Return on time investment: Writing resources

Return on time investment: Writing resources

Getting started with screen recording

Overview
 Ever watched a YouTube video to solve a software problem? For example, ‘How do I set up Presenter View in PowerPoint? Well, you are watching a screen recording, also known as screencasting and video screen capture. This is a video recording with audio narration; not to be confused with screenshot/capture, which is a still photo. For educators, screen recording is ideal for: recording your presentations in a controlled environment, recording feedback on student work with real teacher presence, explaining course and LMS navigation, explaining and annotating images such as digital microscopy, radiology, graphics, as well as recording a digital whiteboard for hand drawn mathematics equations or diagrams.
 
 Outcomes
 At the end of this 90 min mini workshop you will have created and shared your first screen recorded video, and will be able to do it again.
 
 Major features to be investigated
 Structured into 6 steps, discussion and demonstration of pros and cons of
 
 Hardware – laptop/desktop vs mobile device
 Software – free vs paid
 Microphone – inbuilt vs USB
 Recording technique – record/pause segments
 Upload -video hosting
 Share - links
 
 
 Session organisation
 
 
 
 
 5 tables. 4 participants per table. Maximum 20 participants.
 Mac users grouped together, and Windows users grouped together
 
 
 
 
 Time (mins)
 
 
 Activity
 
 
 Content
 
 
 
 
 10
 
 
 Icebreaker
 
 
 Table group introductions, share experience with screen recording and intended uses, table group discussion and whole group Post-it notes .
 
 
 
 
 10
 
 
 Demonstration
 
 
 Introduction and use cases.
 Downloading software.
 
 
 
 
 15
 
 
 Pair programming
 
 
 Participants access free software.
 Windows users: Screencast-o-matic or Zoom
 Mac users: QuickTime
 
 
 
 
 10
 
 
 Demonstration and printed set up sheet
 
 
 Settings for video, webcam, audio. Recording tips and techniques.
 
 
 
 
 15
 
 
 Individuals or pairs
 
 
 
 Set up software, and microphone. Open one of your previous PowerPoint presentations or other resource, make a 2 sec recording of desktop screen.
 
 
 
 
 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Break
 
 
 
 
 10
 
 
 Demonstration
 
 
 Save, upload, share
 
 
 
 
 15
 
 
 
 Pairs
 
 
 Participants create a 1 min video, save and upload, share link by email with partner. Self critique and partner feedback using a structured framework.
 
 
 
 
 5
 
 
 Discussion
 
 
 Revisit how you might use screen recording in your teaching. Table group discussion and Post-it notes.
 
 
 
 
 5
 
 
 Evaluation Survey
 
 
 QR code to online survey on phone
 Resource links.
 
 
 
 
 
 Resources for distribution
 We will be using free software, either inbuilt or accessed online. One page printed step by step guide.
 
 Expectations and requirements of participants
 You need to bring your own laptop to participate, or pair with someone who has. Although screen recording is possible on a tablet or phone, you will have to install different Apps.

Does Device or Connection Type Affect Health Preferences in Online Surveys?

Recent evidence has shown that online surveys can reliably collect preference data, which markedly decrease the cost of health preference studies and expand their representativeness. As the use of mobile technology continues to grow, we wanted to examine its potential impact on health preferences. Two recently completed discrete choice experiments using members of the US general population (n = 15,292) included information on respondent device (cell phone, tablet, Mac, PC) and internet connection (business, cellular, college, government, residential). In this analysis, we tested for differences in respondent characteristics, participation, response quality, and utility values for the 5-level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) by device and connection. Compared to Mac and PC users, respondents using a cell phone or tablet had longer completion times and were significantly more likely to drop out during the surveys (p < 0.001). Tablet users also demonstrated more logical inconsistencies (p = 0.05). Likewise, respondents using a cellular internet connection exhibit significantly less consistency in their health preferences. However, matched samples for tablets and cell phones produced similar EQ-5D-5L utility values (mean differences < 0.06 on a quality-adjusted life-year [QALY] scale for all potential health states). Allowing respondents to complete online surveys using a cell phone or tablet or over a cellular connection substantially increases the diversity of respondents and the likelihood of obtaining a representative sample, as many individuals have cell phones but not a computer. While the results showed systematic variability in participation and response quality by device and connection type, this study did not show any meaningful changes in utility values.

A java application to characterize biomolecules and nanomaterials in electrolyte aqueous solutions

The electrostatic, entropic and surface interactions between a macroion (nanoparticle or biomolecule), surrounding ions and water molecules play a fundamental role in the behavior and function of colloidal systems. However, the molecular mechanisms governing these phenomena are still poorly understood. One of the major limitations in procuring this understanding is the lack of appropriate computational tools. Additionally, only experts in the field with an extensive background in programming, who are trained in statistical mechanics, and have access to supercomputers are able to study these systems. To overcome these limitations, in this article, we present a free, multi-platform, portable Java software, which provides experts and non-experts in the field an easy and efficient way to obtain an accurate molecular characterization of electrical and structural properties of aqueous electrolyte mixture solutions around both cylindrical- and spherical-like rigid macroions under multiple conditions. These properties include the normalized ions and water density profile distributions, the mean electrostatic potential, the integrated charge, the zeta potential, the electrostatic potential energy, the particle crowding entropy energy, the ion–ion electrostatic direct correlation energy, and the ionic potential of mean force. The Java software does not require outstanding skills and comes with detailed user-guide documentation. The application is based on the so-called Classical Density Functional Theory Solver (CSDFTS), which was successfully applied to a variety of rod-like biopolymers, rigid-like globular proteins, nanoparticles, and nano-rods. CSDFTS implements several electrolyte and macroion models, uses different levels of approximation and takes advantage of high performance Fortran90 routines and optimized libraries. These features enable the software to run on single processor computers at low-to-moderate computational cost depending on the computer performance, the grid resolution, and the characterization of the macroion and the electrolyte solution, among other factors. As a unique feature, the software comes with a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows users to take advantage of the visually guided setup of the required input data to properly characterize the system and configure the solver. Several examples on nanomaterials and biomolecules are provided to illustrate the use of the GUI and the solver performance. Program summaryProgram Title: CSDFTSProgram Files doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/4t8ybf93d5.1Licensing provisions: GPLv2.Programming language: Java 1.8.External routines/libraries: GNU gawk installation is required if the user wants to calculate the protein volume using the 3v application.Nature of problem: A rich and complex, yet not fully understood, electrical double layer (EDL) formation arises when a nanoparticle or biomolecule is immersed in a liquid solution.Solution method: The Java application is based on the Classical Density Functional Theory Solver (CSDFTS).Additional comments including unusual features: The software incorporates a graphical user interface which eliminates the arduous and error-prone manual entry of data, and substantially reduces the time spent on the setup of the information required to characterize the macroion and the electrolyte solution. Additionally, each GUI screen provides helpful information about how to fill out the input data by simply holding the mouse pointer over the corresponding text or blank box. the GUI tests all the input data before running the CSDFTS to avoid the incorrect use of the software and prevent meaningless results.The GUI requires a variety of the user’s computer applications, which are a part of the basic operating systems. The GUI uses “Activity Monitor”, “procexp.exe”, and “gnome-system-monitor” (or “top”) applications for Mac, Windows and Linux users, respectively, to monitor the user’s computer performance. It also uses “Terminal.app”, “cmd.exe” and “gnome-terminal” (or “xterm”) for Mac, Windows, and Linux users, respectively, to display the CSDFT calculations.

Focus on test, measurement, software, and instrumentation

Focus on test, measurement, software, and instrumentation

A Platform Agnostic Remote Desktop System for Screen Reading.

Remote desktop technology, the enabler of access to applications hosted on remote hosts, relies primarily on scraping the pixels on the remote screen and redrawing them as a simple bitmap on the client's local screen. Such a technology will simply not work with screen readers since the latter are innately tied to reading text. Since screen readers are locked-in to a specific OS platform, extant solutions that enable remote access with screen readers such as NVDARemote and JAWS Tandem require homogeneity of OS platforms at both the client and remote sites. This demo will present Sinter, a system that eliminates this requirement. With Sinter, a blind Mac user, for example, can now access a remote Windows application with VoiceOver, a scenario heretofore not possible.

SEAsic: R Package for Score Equity Assessment.

SEAsic (score equity assessment-summary index computation) is an R package for computing and graphing a variety of indices that quantify an important aspect of test fairness, that of reported score equity. Historically, test fairness has been statistically defined as a lack of differential predication and/or a presence of measurement invariance at the item level. More recent definitions of fairness include the concept of score equity, which calls for additional subpopulation analysis at the equated, reported test score level. SEAsic allows for efficient calculation and graphing of multiple score equity assessment (SEA) indices. All indices in Huggins and Penfield (2012) can be calculated and plotted in various ways given a user-provided conversion table. SEAsic is freely available on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). Mac, Windows, and Linux users have access to the package via downloading the appropriate version of R or RStudio from the CRAN website. Multiple examples of each index computation, variations on each index, and plot options are provided in the package manual on CRAN.

AffyPipe: an open-source pipeline for Affymetrix Axiom genotyping workflow

The Affymetrix Axiom genotyping standard and 'best practice' workflow for Linux and Mac users consists of three stand-alone executable programs (Affymetrix Power Tools) and an R package (SNPolisher). Currently, SNP analysis has to be performed in a step-by-step procedure. Manual intervention and/or programming skills by the user is required at each intermediate point, as Affymetrix Power Tools programs do not produce input files for the program next-in-line. An additional problem is that the output format of genotypes is not compatible with most analysis software currently available. AffyPipe solves all the above problems, by automating both standard and 'best practice' workflows for any species genotyped with the Axiom technology. AffyPipe does not require programming skills and performs all the steps necessary to obtain a final genotype file. Furthermore, users can directly edit SNP probes and export genotypes in PLINK format. https://github.com/nicolazzie/AffyPipe.git.

3DProIN: Protein-Protein Interaction Networks and Structure Visualization.

3DProIN is a computational tool to visualize protein-protein interaction networks in both two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) view. It models protein-protein interactions in a graph and explores the biologically relevant features of the tertiary structures of each protein in the network. Properties such as color, shape and name of each node (protein) of the network can be edited in either 2D or 3D views. 3DProIN is implemented using 3D Java and C programming languages. The internet crawl technique is also used to parse dynamically grasped protein interactions from protein data bank (PDB). It is a java applet component that is embedded in the web page and it can be used on different platforms including Linux, Mac and Window using web browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari. It also was converted into a mac app and submitted to the App store as a free app. Mac users can also download the app from our website. 3DProIN is available for academic research at http://bicompute.appspot.com.

“I'm a Mac” versus “I'm a PC”: Personality Differences between Mac and PC Users in a College Sample

ABSTRACTOne hundred eight college students who had purchased either a Mac or PC laptop computer completed measures of the Big Five personality traits, ratings of brand characteristics of Macs and PCs, measures of implicit attitudes toward these products, and determinants of brand choices. Big Five personality traits did not differentiate between Mac and PC owners. Students overall rated Macs higher on various product attributes (attractive style, cool, youthful, and exciting) and PCs higher on reasonable price and good for gaming. Brand owners rated their own brands higher on characteristics of reliability, good for homework, ease of use, good for Internet surfing, and good features. PC owners placed greater importance on cost as a determinant of brand choice, whereas Mac owners placed greater emphasis on style. Personality traits may have more nuanced effects on brand choices, as shown by relationships between Neuroticism and greater importance placed on cost and lesser importance placed on ease of use. Openness to Experience was associated with greater importance placed on reliability and lesser importance placed on style. Supporting the predictive validity of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) in predicting consumer preferences, Mac owners showed more favorable implicit attitudes and stronger implicit self‐identification with Macs than did PC owners. Implicit attitudes also predicted self‐reported ratings of various product characteristics.

An Analysis of Consumers’ Reactions to Travel Websites’ Discrimination by Computer Platform

A study of 124 consumers found distinct differences in the consumers’ responses to a policy once used by Orbitz, in which prices were determined according to the computer platform used to search for bookings. The policy arose when Orbitz noticed that Macintosh users were generally willing to accept higher prices than PC users. This observation was converted into a price discrimination mechanism. The study found that Mac users took a dim ethical view of this rate fence and, moreover, indicated that they were less willing to use Orbitz as a result. Men and women in the study reacted differently from each other, however. Men expressed more outrage when they were Mac users, while women were more likely to consistently view this form of price discrimination as unreasonable and of questionable ethics. Since the hospitality industry uses many price discrimination rules, two implications of this study are choose rate fences carefully and consider explaining the rationale for any price discrimination policies.

Dear Abbe

At our last microscopy society council meeting, the Mac users were having trouble finding the appropriate adaptors or “dongles.” This ended up as a comparison of their “thingies” (as they put it) to see which would work and then a comparison of the ages of their “thingies.” I find this trend to compare and discuss “thingies” out in the open to be disturbing. Is there any way to curb this behavior?

Syncing and Integrating Windows and Mac OS in the Solitary Macintel, Power PC and x86 Intel Environments

Windows users claim that Mac users are conceited, citing that old "computer for the rest of us" advertising while Mac users claim the same about Windows users. The truth of the matter is that both are about the same. All they are nothing but the different OS GUIs; slightly different ways of opening applications. Once the application is open, the only differences might be whether you use a single button mouse or a multi-button mouse, and even that difference vanishes with third party hardware. First of all, we'll look at some pros and cons for each, then we'll dispel some myths perpetuated about both platforms. Remember both Microsoft and Apple share a good deal of technology. Both Windows and Mac OS use hundreds of patents shared between the two. Also remember that Microsoft makes a lot of software for the Mac including Microsoft Office which was created by a separate department for the Mac. So our concept here is to get the user access to both Mac OS and Windows OS on a single system. It must be done in such a way that it is applicable to both mac Intel and x86 based pc. This can be done with the help of third party applications in which few of them are even legally recognized by Microsoft and Apple. This paper deals with enabling "PC for fun, Mac for work" in a single system.

On the Horizon:What Is New for 2012 and Beyond?Part 1

THE ANNUAL NMC HORIZON REPORT: 2012 HIGHER EDUCATION EDITION IS PUBLISHED AS A COLLABORATION OF TWO ORGANIZATIONS, THE NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM AND THE EDUCAUSE LEARNING INITIATIVE. As in previous years, the latest report highlights key trends, challenges, and emerging technologies across three adoption horizons: one year or less, two to three years, and four to five years. Tools are examined for their potential relevance to teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. (Visit www.nmc.org to learn more about the New Media Consortium 2012 advisory board and view a quick video for an overview of the findings.) The Six Key Trends The six key trends, examined from a global perspective, are considered drivers of educational technology adoptions for the period of 2012-2017 (Johnson, Adams, & Cummins, 2012, p. 4). I. The highest ranking trend has been consistent for many years: People expect to be able to work, learn, and study, whenever and wherever they want. This is the reason we developed distance education. We all understand the demands on our nursing students, especially our nontraditional students, who are balancing work, family, and school, and those informal learners who want just-in-time learning. 2. The technologies we use are increasingly cloud-based and/or notions of IT support are decentralized. Some of us have already embraced the cloud. As a Mac user, I love having the iCIoud[TM] to facilitate my work across all my devices (Mac desktop and laptop, iPod, iPhone, and iPad). I wrote about cloud computing in my July/August column (Skiba, 2011). 3. The world of work is increasingly collaborative, driving changes in the way student projects are structured. This trend fits nicely into health care as we move toward interprofessional practice and think about the importance of teamwork, as opposed to group work. The Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing report (2011) reminds us that collaborative skills are vitally important, not only for work with other health care professionals, but also as we form new patient/consumer-nurse partnerships. 4. The abundance of resources and relationships made easily accessible via the Internet is increasingly challenging us to revisit our roles as educators. Formal academic institutions must justify the value they add when knowledge is so easily web-accessible. Think about the open courseware movement and what it will mean. Universities have always been seen as the gold standard for educational credentialing, but emerging certification programs from other sources are eroding the value of that mission daily (Johnson et al., 2012, p. 4). Think about the availability of social media and the wisdom-of-the-crowd concept. Educators are no longer the only mentors and disseminators of knowledge. 5. Educational paradigms are shifting to include online learning, hybrid learning, and collaborative models. With the economic issues facing academia, it is the rare school that is not confronted with the need to provide multiple learning opportunities beyond the traditional face-to-face learning. The use of social networks by all levels of learners, regardless of age, also affects how we interact and communicate. 6. There is a new emphasis in the classroom on more challenge-based and active learning, Faculty are trying to leverage the use of etexts, mobile devices, and clickers to engage learners and have them participate actively in class. Death by PowerPoint is nearing its end in the classroom environment. Constraints Affecting the Academy Along with these trends, the report identifies significant challenges facing academic institutions. I. Economic pressures and new models of education are bringing unprecedented competition to the traditional models of higher education. As poignantly noted by the former president of the University of Michigan (as cited in Stanley & Trinkle, 2011), higher education institutions have been forced to evolve from 'state-supported' to 'state-assisted' to 'state-related' to what might only be characterized as 'state-located' 2. …

Better at Life Stuff

Apple’s “Get a Mac” advertising campaign defines for its audience the dichotomy between the casual, confident, creative Mac user and the formal, frustrated, fun-deprived PC user through a series of comical television spots featuring human representations of each technology. The company has been largely applauded over the years for their creative, innovative, and thought-provoking marketing, and “Get a Mac,” winner of the American Marketing Association’s 2007 Grand Effie award, fits nicely with Apple’s tradition of infusing cultural ideology into their ads. Utilizing the methods of close reading and ideological criticism, this study considers the North American “Get a Mac” television campaign as a popular culture text with embedded implications about consumption, identity, and class. The text reveals a number of thematic dichotomies that obscure meaningful issues of difference and class while promoting the spectacle of consumption and the myth of self-actualization through commodities.

Social influences related to college students’ use of Macintosh computers on an all-PC campus

In the present qualitative research study, 35 Mac users were interviewed in a university campus that exclusively supports PC machines. We particularly explored the Mac-users’ social influences, saving technological and other influences for future reports. Results showed Mac users to possess significant connections with other Mac users on the university campus. The Mac users in our study indicated that positive, past exposure, including Apple’s advertising of Macs, had sharp influences on their decisions to become and remain Mac users.

The myths of security: what the computer security industry doesn't want you to know

If you think computer security has improved in recent years, The Myths of Security will shake you out of your complacency. Longtime security professional John Viega, formerly Chief Security Architect at McAfee, reports on the sorry state of the industry, and offers concrete suggestions for professionals and individuals confronting the issue. Why is security so bad? With many more people online than just a few years ago, there are more attackers -- and they're truly motivated. Attacks are sophisticated, subtle, and harder to detect than ever. But, as Viega notes, few people take the time to understand the situation and protect themselves accordingly. This book tells you: Why it's easier for bad guys to own your computer than you think Why anti-virus software doesn't work well -- and one simple way to fix it Whether Apple OS X is more secure than Windows What Windows needs to do better How to make strong authentication pervasive Why patch management is so bad Whether there's anything you can do about identity theft Five easy steps for fixing application security, and more Provocative, insightful, and always controversial, The Myths of Security not only addresses IT professionals who deal with security issues, but also speaks to Mac and PC users who spend time online.

Self‐admitted pretensions of Mac users on a predominantly PC university campus

The present qualitative research study addressed the overall research question of college students’ pretention dynamics in the context of a university setting. Thirty‐five Mac users were interviewed on a university campus that exclusively supports PC machines. Mac users shared four self‐admitted pretensions related to using Macintosh computers. First, participants asserted that Apple brand computers set social trends and that owning a Mac was perceived to make one to stand out positively. Second, Mac users shared their personal views that Macs are superior in technology and that PC technology is simply attempting to mimic Apple’s strides forward. Third, Mac users described various perceived social stigmas associated with owning Macs, such as the “artsy” label, the “cool” factor, and common socio‐economic assumptions associated with Mac ownership. The fourth dynamic of participants’ self‐admitted pretensions concerned their tendency to vocalize personal opinions of Mac’s superiority, with the aim of “converting” PC users. Voreinstellungen von Mac Usern an einem überwiegend PC‐nutzenden Universitätscampus Die vorliegende Qualitätforschungsstudie sprach die Bewahrungsdynamik der Collegestudenten im Kontext einer Universitätseinrichtenung an. Fünfunddreißig Mac Benutzer wurden auf einem Universitätscampus interviewt, der ausschließlich PC‐Maschinen unterstützt. Mac Benutzer bearbeiteten vier selbstdefinierte Ansprüche, die sich aus der Nutzung von Macintoshmaschinen ihrer Meinung nach ergaben. Erstens: Apple‐Computer erzeugen soziale Trends und der Besitz eines Mac‐Computers wurde für den Besitzer positiv bewertet. Zweitens: Mac‐Computer gelten als überlegene Technologie. PC‐Technologie versucht einfach, die Apple‐Technologie nachzuahmen. Drittens: Mit dem Besitz eines Mac werden auch soziale Wertungen verbunden, wie “artsy” Einstellungen oder der “cool”‐Faktor. Viertens: Es gibt eine Neigung, persönliche Meinungen der Mac‐Überlegenheit zur Beeinflussung von PC‐Benutzern zu verbalisieren. Les prétentions avouées des utilisateurs de Mac sur un campus universitaire à dominante PC La présente étude de recherche qualitative a porté sur les manifestations de prétention des étudiants dans un contexte universitaire. On a interviewé trente cinq utilisateurs de Mac sur un campus universitaire qui recommande l’usage exclusif des ordinateurs PC. Les utilisateurs de Mac ont reconnu qu’ils partageaient quatre préjugés par rapport à l’utilisation des ordinateurs Mac. Tout d’abord les ordinateurs de marque Apple vous marquent comme étant à la page sont perçus comme donnant une image positive de vous. Ensuite les Macs possèdent une technologie supérieure alors que la technologie PC semble n’être qu’une simple tentative pour imiter les avancées de Mac. Il y a ensuite des points négatifs que l’on associe à la possession des Macs comme le côté «bohême» et le facteur «sympa». Le quatrième point, c’est la tendence à crier haut et fort ce qu’on pense de la supériorité de Mac dans le but de «convertir» les utilisateurs de PC. Las pretensiones reconocidas de los usuarios de Mac en un campus universitario donde prevalecen los PC La presente investigación cualitativa trata de la dinámica presuntuosa de los estudiantes en el marco de un contexto universitario. Treinta y cinco usuarios de Mac han sido encuestados en un campus universitario que preconiza el uso exclusivo de los PC. Los usuarios de Mac segun sus propios testimonios compartían cuatro pretensiones en relación con el uso de los ordenadores Macintosh. En primer lugar los ordenadores de la marca Apple establecen modas sociales y la posesión de un Mac da la impresión de que Vd ofrece una imagen positiva. En segundo lugar, la tecnología de Mac es superior mientras la tecnología de los PC no es más que un intento para remedar los avances de Mac. En tercer lugar hay ciertos estigmas sociales acerca de la posesión de Macs, entre otros la etiqueta «bohemio» y el factor «majo». En cuarto lugar se nota la tendecia a expresar sus opiniones sobre la superioridad de Mac con el fin de «convertir» a los usuarios de PC.

Popol Vuh: Sacred Book of the Ancient Maya. Electronic Library

The Popol Vuh is a well-known K’iche’ Maya book compiled in the sixteenth century in the highland Guatemalan town of Chichicastenango; the only known extant copy was made in the late colonial period by a Spanish priest. Although there is thus no pre-Columbian version available to us, and part of the text recounts conquest-and colonial-era events, the bulk of the manuscript is indubitably based on earlier oral and written traditions. Allen Christenson’s claim that this “is the most important example of Pre-columbia Maya literature to have survived the Spanish conquest” is a reasonable one.Christenson has been working with the K’iche’ Maya language — and reading the Popol Vuh — for some 25 years. This edition is thus not only the product of extensive research and contemplation but is a labor of love. The author’s profound appreciation for the text comes through. To be fair, the same is also true of Dennis Tedlock’s 1985 edition, and as far as I am able to judge, the translation is not markedly superior to that edition. But the Christenson edition is certainly equal to the Tedlock one and has the benefit of numerous additional features. Several years ago Christenson published a two-volume version of his translation of the text; the edition under review here is the “electronic library” version on DVD.I find reading long texts on screen to be tiring. However, in this case, that disadvantage is partially offset by the fact that the introduction is engagingly and accessibly written; even the second half of the introduction, which is more scholarly and outlines some of the literary and philological characteristics of the text, is readable.More to the point, the advantages of the DVD over a print version become stunningly apparent once the reader clicks into the text itself. The text is available in no less than seven different forms: a literal English translation; a more polished English translation; a Spanish translation; a transcription of the original K’iche’ text; a facsimile of the earliest extant manuscript copy; a rendition of the text in modern K’iche’ orthography; and an audio version read by a native K’iche’ speaker. The reader can easily navigate between these versions or view them in parallel (the possibilities limited only by the size of one’s monitor). Furthermore, there are numerous illustrations, all of which can be enlarged with a click of the mouse. The illustrations, like the notes, are tied to the text, so as one scrolls down through the text, explanations and images appear. The more time one spends with the disc, the more one discovers additional features (for example, philologists will enjoy the charts displaying character usage, vocabulary dispersion, and vocabulary frequency distribution). A small, ten-page glossy booklet accompanying the DVD provides basic instructions on how to navigate through the disc.The DVD requires Windows 2000 or XP. While I understand that market considerations do not motivate DVD producers to make discs that are Mac compatible, this is unfortunate, considering that many academics are Mac users. That issue aside, this edition is ideal for classroom usage, as it will allow instructors to emphasize different aspects of the text (depending on the level and type of class) and student readers to do likewise, exploring the manuscript to whatever depth and degree they are able.