by ethics on October 31, 2011

Will I like Apple Mac?

Intro

With my latest PC dying and thus ending an era of multi PC’s in the house, with my daughter going on 9 and doing most of her homework on the computer, it was time. I’ve had many PC’s/laptops in my life but this was the first time in a long time I was apprehensive about getting a new Mac. Would I hate is as much as I hated the iBook? Would I sell it on EBay at a loss? Would I like it? Would it revolutionize the way I work?

Why Mac?

Before I can find the answers, let’s ask the question of why I even thought of buying a MAC. As years go on and I get more jaded with gaming — Apple’s Achilles heel — I am drawn in to more writing (as in writing articles) and coding (mainly on Rails on Ruby). I’ve been doing significantly less gaming and significantly more of everything else. I don’t know why I went to the Apple store here on 5th avenue, but when I did, I accidentally(that place is always packed) ended up in the Mac desktop aisle. And the sun came out shining on that model, birds were chirping nearby, people were dancing, and no this really happened as the video played on the Mac. So what, we see this on PC’s and Linux as well? What was noticeable was how crisp, shiny, and just exploding with colors this video was. I mean was it the lighting in the store? Some angle? What was different aside from the hardware and OS? I did a few more spins with other apps and everything just felt right. To say I took a gamble, in my forties, with things not as rosy as they have been years ago? What the hell?

I took a gamble, you do these things in life and it’s not a car, or a house, or even a motorcycle.
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Test

by ethics on October 25, 2011

Testing this blogging software with some nifty text editor

Quick pic PurpGuy

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Gestapo (GEheime STAatsPOlizei), coined by a post office clerk seeking a less cumbersome way of identifying the agency

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