Technosailor.com Readers! Donate today to assist the GlobalGiving Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund in their efforts.

25 March 2005 10 Comments

I did it.

In my last installment here on the ship, I talked a lot about computing. Personal computing.

If you know me at all, I’m quite the geek, steeped in Linux, and working in the tech field. I work on Linux machines each and every day, and love the associated ideals and technology. I love searching out elegant ways to make highly technical issues simple and effective either by a new “leet hack’ or by discovering something the old masters have been doing for quite awhile. I find simploe pleasure in these things, and many times find my identity in the work I do.

In my last installment, I made a statement:

Apple is seeing a significant rebound of late, mostly precipitated by the iPod and iTunes. (Who knew?). The meteoric rise of their visibility since then has placed them at a crossroads. They needed to make their products (and consequently OS X) available to the largest number of people possible at the most affordible price point. Enter the mini.

The Mini is the best opportunity Apple has had in quite a few years. The years have brought Steve Jobs many differing experiences and lessons in marketing that he might actually manage to not mess up. Given the smartness of the new design, the quality of the operating systems, and the direction of the company, there is still a chance.

Since then, I have decided to put my money where my mouth is and I bought a Powerbook.

Such a wonderful experience I’ve had since then. The Apple family of machines is more well designed than I could ever have imagined. Things exist where you would expect them to be, manipulating documents and files is as you would expect it to be. Applications are smooth and snappy, the IP stack is crisp and speedy, and when I’ve had just about enough of the sparkly little apple-world, I pop open a terminal shell and knock out a perl script…gotta love it.

While this won’t be some huge opinion piece, it is a plug for my new world. The Apple Way has thoroughly permeated my computing life. Since then I’ve expunged every vestige of Intel desktop computing, and migrated all my servers to Linux.

Life is good, and i’m loving it.

Pick up your copy of the WordPress Bible, a wildly popular resource for beginners and experts alike.

Written by Jerald on March 25, 2005

Popularity: 1% [?]

Tags: ,

10 Responses to “I did it.”

  1. Aaron Brazell 25 March 2005 at 10:55 pm #

    I’m dying to get a Powerbook… Anyone want to buy me one? :)

  2. Aaron Brazell 25 March 2005 at 9:55 pm #

    I’m dying to get a Powerbook… Anyone want to buy me one? :)

  3. David Nick 26 March 2005 at 12:05 am #

    YAY! You took the Mac plunge! Way to go! I personally love OS X. Had it on an Emac :)

    As for you Aaron, sorry bud, If I had the bread to own one, I’d get one for meself :( LOL

  4. David Nick 25 March 2005 at 11:05 pm #

    YAY! You took the Mac plunge! Way to go! I personally love OS X. Had it on an Emac :)

    As for you Aaron, sorry bud, If I had the bread to own one, I’d get one for meself :( LOL

  5. Vinnie Garcia 27 March 2005 at 1:41 pm #

    Nice. I’m torn between buying a Mini and LCD monitor vs. an iBook myself. I would love a new laptop but the space-saving factor of the Mini+LCD would make my desktop far less cluttered :).

  6. Vinnie Garcia 27 March 2005 at 12:41 pm #

    Nice. I’m torn between buying a Mini and LCD monitor vs. an iBook myself. I would love a new laptop but the space-saving factor of the Mini+LCD would make my desktop far less cluttered :).

  7. David Nick 29 March 2005 at 12:34 am #

    Boy Vinnie, when you put it like that, i’m gonna default to the laptop. Just for the sake of portability vs. desk space.

  8. David Nick 28 March 2005 at 11:34 pm #

    Boy Vinnie, when you put it like that, i’m gonna default to the laptop. Just for the sake of portability vs. desk space.

  9. Jerald Sheets 29 March 2005 at 6:40 am #

    The laptop is the way to go. I’ve got the 15″ Powerbook. Now that I’ve got all my X11 trappings in and my favorite Linux desktop apps coexisting happily with my shiny new Cocoa/Aqua apps, I couldn’t be happier.

    I think I may actually start figuring out how to program in this puppy. I want to support the OSX environment in any way I possibly can.

  10. Jerald Sheets 29 March 2005 at 5:40 am #

    The laptop is the way to go. I’ve got the 15″ Powerbook. Now that I’ve got all my X11 trappings in and my favorite Linux desktop apps coexisting happily with my shiny new Cocoa/Aqua apps, I couldn’t be happier.

    I think I may actually start figuring out how to program in this puppy. I want to support the OSX environment in any way I possibly can.