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Me & Apple, or how I got to buy a Macbook
December 12, 2007 |
A few months ago I have posted this about Mac users. Why? Just because I was tired of hearing Bruno say that Apple was the best thing ever, etc etc. It’s not that I didn’t believe him, but I was tired to hear that everyday. And I know that many Mac users are just like him, cannot stop talking about Apple. This is why I said that I would never be a Mac user.
A few months later I have seen this speech that Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University and my opinion started to change a bit. I don’t care if what he says is true or not, the fact is that he is convincing and that when I listened to his speech I was in a moment of my life when I somehow needed to hear this speech. It made me work harder. It’s very motivating indeed.
Last week I was thinking about buying a new laptop. Bruno was insisting all day long “Come on, buy a Macbook, come on, come on”, and I always said no. I didn’t want a Macbook, I though that for that money I could find a much better laptop. I actually configured a very nice Dell laptop that costed less than the Macbook and was much better. Nevertheless, one day we went to K-tuin to look for a usb hub for Bruno. We entered the shop and I went to one of the shop assistants and told him to show me the offers that they had for the Macbook. In 5 minutes I made the reservation for the new Macbook. When we went out of the shop Bruno was quite surprised about my decision and of course, I told him “Don’t worry, as soon as I get it I will install Windows”. Yesterday we got the laptop and up to this moment it still has Leopard installed, and something tells me that this will not change. For the moment, I’ve got no reason to install Windows.
So, as a conclusion, I am now a Mac user so I take back what I said in that post. I recognize that the Macbooks are very nice to use and touch and that Leopard is a nice operating system, much easier to use than what I expected.
Sim iimashita.
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Evangelizing…
Evangelization complete!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! You know that if a guy like me that has tinkered with many operative systems says that OSX is great, is because it really is. I can be a pain in the ass with Apple and so on, but I have my reasons as the freak I am.
Anyway, since I’m learning Maya and 3D I’m out of ‘the scene’, so you don’t have to worry about any freak conference about Apple, ever.
And yes, it surprised me a lot, I thought we went to K-tuin for the usb hub and before we leave the shop you would fire it up or something.
Now it’s time to enjoy Leopard! >:)