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10.26.05 12:12 PM
why u can never have the latest apple product
I still tote a first-generation ipod. Yep - 5 GB still works for me. It's never had to be repaired. The battery has not died. Yet, when I finally purchased the device, about a week or two later, Apple announced the second-generation iPod. Of course I was upset, we were talking the ability to save 5 GB of music vs 10 or 20 gigs. But I wasn't swindled though?
I had wanted an iPod ever since it first came out. I'm an early adopter like that. Yet I waited. We all know that new is not always best and usually we have to wait for everything to be just right with a product or its software. But I got to a point that I couldn't wait anymore, even though everyone was telling me I should wait for the next Apple announcement. I didn't wait. I found some guy through Amazon, who had two brand news ones on his hands and wanted to get rid of one. I couldn't find an iPod anywhere else at the time, I should have really known the new ones were coming. I'm not mad at my decision though, my iPod has outlived many of my friends 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation iPods. Lynne won with this round.
But when it comes to the Powerbook, I'm not so lucky. A while ago my job got me a 12-incher for work. I even wrote about it back in 2003, right here. This machine started to become troublesome, either IT hadn't set it up right, or the HD just wasn't friendly. I took great care of it though, it had that new look for all of my time with it. About a year later, my job purchased a new one, the 1.33 GHZ baby and gave me 1.25 GB RAM.
It's nice having a good machine from work, but sometimes you need your own. I haven't bought a home computer since 2001. It was a strawberry iMac. I even wrote about that one here. In the past year or so, that machine has turned mainly into a printer station and email depository - where all email goes to die live forever. It's the only computer in the house hooked up to the router and the unwireless printer, and it's the final destination for all of my email. So since I started loving the 12-incher at work, I decided to get one at home.
About a month or so ago, I purchased a model similar to the one I have at work, yet it is 1.5 GHZ - so it's faster. I was going to get the 100 GB HD over the 80GB, but opted instead for the memory boost to 1.25 GB. I love the machine. It's great. I've personalized all of my icons using candybar, and everything was just right. Well, things were just right until Apple made another announcement.
You've heard about these new Powerbooks - higher resolution, extended battery life, sudden motion sensor - agggghhh it's killing me to go on.
While my iPod might continue to light up and play, I think I should have waited on the Powerbook.
I've come a long way from my Quadra 630, but the next Apple announcement is going to get me every time.
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I totally feel you. I want a wireless laptop next year and do not have a clue as to which one I want.
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| October 26, 2005 7:24 PM #
i keep saying i'm going to get a powerbook but i haven't done it yet. i might do it anyway, especially since this computer looks like it's about to die.
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| October 28, 2005 11:04 PM #
WOW! Lynn you said quadra! you get some real points in my book for using the mac. my first computer was the Apple IIC back in 84 and I haven't used anything but macs to this day. right now I have 2 ibooks - an orange/white clamshell model and a G3 white ibook.
I think you made a good decision on the powerbook. the next "major" update on the mac line is going to be those blasted intel chips. something I am soooooo not looking forward too. *sighs*
ok. peace! :)
posted by sincere | October 31, 2005 4:52 PM #
Great to see another Mac user. I was just listening to a MacWorld discussion about the newer Power Books and how they're faster with better display. You always have to watch Apple's introduction to a new line of computer, though. If you can help, don't buy the first generation of their computer because they always come with a second generation within six months.
posted by bakari | November 1, 2005 11:05 AM #
I feel you on this, as well . . .
Of course, I'm a die-hard Apple lover.
I got the G4 ibook -- love it!
I snagged a 4th generation iPod (black/white screen) -- love it!
I copped the black ipod nano -- love it!
Although the nano is one of the most scratch-proned digital players I have ever have had the pleasure of owning. My nano is totally wrapped in a scratch-resistant screen overlay. It's looks ridicolous. But hey, I still love Apple.
Now they got the video ipod and I was thisclose to copping that -- but I said "no." I'm not a video head like that, I would rather listen to music than watch TV shows. Although I have seen mad heads watch DVD movies on those PSP joints. I'm like, "Wow." But that's not me.
I want to step my game up and buy a powerbook. But what I might just do is add more RAM to my ibook and keep on chugging along with that.
But yeah, those Apple mofos know how to serve up that digital crack rock! Forget Young Jeezy, Steve Jobs is the real snowman. LOL!
You can never buy the latest Apple product because they will always hit you with something else.
posted by Trent | November 1, 2005 11:47 AM #
yeah sincere i copped that quadra 630 in '94, but i think the first time i used a mac was in '84 when i used the macintosh 512k in my high school's college office to help students find the college that best met their needs. and now i'm dating myself, but this is taking me back to when i first started loving computers. i took a data processing course in high school where i used punch cards, next thing you know i was in computer math, programming basic on the commodore 64 saving the programs to audio cassette tape. once off to college i majored in IS and used punch cards again with fortran. then later went on to use PCs for cobol and lotus 1-2-3. i think i even used a unix system for programming some pascal. then i remember using a mac again to do some DTP with pagemaker for one of the student newspapers. i made up my mind right there that i was a mac lover. the difference between typing commands in MS-DOS and using Apple's GUI - was a huge difference.
I've used many PCs over the years, and many versions of the Windows OS and at least one version of the Linux OS, but hands down the Mac OS will always get my money for personal home computing. and if someone told me there was no more apple and i had to use a PC, i'd probably opt for linux over windows.
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| November 4, 2005 12:12 AM #
Damn Lynne, Pagemaker and Fortran..bringing back memories...lol
I wrote my first program on a MAC in the 80's and havent used one besides editing a FILM with final cut I will never use a MAC.
Apple lovers must feel like assholes keeping up with the new ipods.
Like the Ipod Photo and the Ipod video
I went to an event where Volvo gave out shuffles for FREE...mine was on ebay the nexy day.
I use my treo for my mp3s,or better yet...ogg and wma for more space. video and pics.
When Vista (windows) comes out it will be a wrap and a look into the 20% stake that Microsoft has in Apple.
posted by Jonn Nubian | November 4, 2005 6:20 PM #