LI bought a Macbook yesterday (actually I bet correct myself before I get slapped…I bought Jaylynn’s and my new Macbook yesterday) and I love love love it!!!
Since my laptop died in March I’ve been contemplating what I would replace it with, but never quite thought I’d actually join Apple’s unholy army of self-satisfied hipsters. The sirensong was too strong.
I feel like this computer has already raised my standing in society up a couple of notches. I’ve already started using their buzz phrases like “everything is where you think it should be!” and, “Macs are so intuitive!” I need to go back to drinking Peet’s Coffee, buying fair trade, wearing a fedora to the park, listening to Sigor Ros while wearing a Ramones shirt, and never working out again (basically doing everything according to this website) to complete the lifestyle I’m going for here.
I’m not a big computer guy. I can get around on both PCs and Macs and solve some simple problems just through basic logic, but when it comes to RAM and Hz and graphics cards, I don’t know nor care enough to make decisions based on that. I just think Macs are better-looking and generally smoother. iPods and iTunes are asthetically the coolest things ever created, and they are really just an extension of Macs. I bought your basic white 13.3″ inch Macbook because I couldn’t quite rationalize going as far as the Macbook Pro (nothing about me is pro). I think this will do just fine for Jaylynn’s and my basic needs of internet, email, and iTunes. I’m definitely going to use some of the cooler features such as the camera and iMovie for potential video blogging (if you think I’m not going to flex my biceps in front of this thing, you’re out of your mind). Garage Band is really cool if I were still interested in podcasting (which I’m not). iWork is a really cool Office-like set of programs for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations that actually looks a lot better (and was a lot cheaper) than buying Office (one of the features of Pages is a template for a screenplay, which means I should probably write a screenplay). I also got a free HP printer/copier/scanner, which we needed anyway.
Molly potentially got the better end of the deal with her free iPod Touch. She set that up yesterday and it’s just about as badass as we had hoped. The internet looks amazing on it and the touchscreen is so cool.
I had to work in Falmouth for 4 and a half hours last night to make some extra money to cut down on the cost of this thing, but I’m lucky to have the luxery of doing that.
All in all, yesterday was great. The sun is a little brighter, music sounds a little better, and the clouds are a little fluffier. One more step up the social ladder.
In other news, I finished The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, which is a book basically anyone will love. Told from the perspective of a dog, it’s both a sad, funny, and heartwarming book reminiscient of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Check out the premise and reviews on Amazon. Now I’m moving on to the book version of I Am Legend and then Guns, Germs, and Steel plus a couple of dysphagia textbooks I should have bought in grad school but can now expense them. (See, when you own a Mac, you must always be learning!)
Peace.
