大學新生適合哪些特性的筆記本大綱

Q. What laptop do you recommend for my granddaughter who is heading off to college? I am not looking for any low cost bargains, but a solidly performing device with a good operating system that will last her at least though four years of college.
問：我的孫女就要上大學了，你能給我推薦一款筆記本電腦嗎？不要廉價貨，我想買一款性能可靠、有良好的操作系統、至少能讓我孫女在四年大學一直使用的電腦。

A. Based on your criteria, I'd recommend, without hesitation, the latest edition of Apple's MacBook Air, which is light, sturdy, thin, fast and gets over 10 hours of battery life on a single charge.
答：按照你的標準，我毫不猶豫地推薦蘋果(Apple)最新款的MacBook Air。這款機器重量輕、堅固、又薄又快，電池充一次電可使用10個小時以上。

Q. Is there a tablet that works with Excel?
問：有沒有能用Excel軟件的平板電腦？

A. All Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets work with the standard desktop version of Excel, and some even come with Excel built in. Microsoft has also released a touch-optimized edition of Office for the iPhone, which also works on the iPad, that includes a stripped-down version of Excel, but it requires a subscription to the company's Office 365 service. An Android version is expected Wednesday. There are also apps, like CloudOn, that provide remote access to a standard version of Office, including Excel, on iPads and Android tablets.
答：所有搭載Windows 8和Windows RT系統的平板電腦都能使用標準臺式機版本的Excel軟件，有些平板自身就帶內置的Excel。微軟(Microsoft)還爲iPhone推出了觸屏優化的Office軟件，也可以用在iPad上，其中就包含了精簡版的Excel，不過要使用這款軟件需要購買微軟的Office 365服務。安卓(Android)版Office軟件也在週三推出。另外還有CloudOn等應用程序可以爲iPad或安卓版平板提供遠程接入標準版Office的服務，其中也包括Excel。

Q. Is there an app for the Mac that I can use to write and print checks and reconcile my account online? We had Quicken, then Quicken Essentials for Mac. We have had nothing but problems with the latest version for Mac.
問：有沒有一個應用軟件可以讓我在Mac電腦上寫支票和打印支票，並且能在線對賬？我的Mac上先裝了Quicken，然後又裝了Quicken Essentials，自從換了最新款的Mac版軟件之後就麻煩不斷。

A. You might try iBank or Moneydance, two leading Quicken competitors for Mac. Both have check-printing, account registers and other features. And both claim to be able to import data from Quicken. iBank is at . Moneydance is at .
答：你或許可以試試iBank，或者Moneydance，這是兩款能在Mac上替代Quicken的軟件。這兩者都有打印支票和註冊賬戶等功能。而且這兩款軟件都稱能夠從Quicken導入數據。iBank可以到下載，Moneydance可以到下載。