Sunday, July 19, 2009

Newness Zone


Everyone does it to some extent. They get something new they've been waiting for for a long time and they are pretty distracted with it for a while until the newness wears off. That's about where I am.

I purchased the much awaited MacBook 13.3 yesterday and am continuing to explore it's every facet. It brings me back to my early days of computing when I spent all my waking hours messing around with the computer to know how it ticks. Since OS X is new to me, this is an exciting time. So far I really like interface and hardware. They have really built a great machine here and I must say I am very impressed - coming from the PC world, nothing can touch the kind of elegance and just down right slickness.

I think the thing I like the most is the OS's features to support zooming and inverted colors. Due to my eye condition, it allows me to sit at a comfortable distance and still read. On the PC I have to have special software to do this and suffer the performance issues thereof.

My second favorite feature I think has to be the quality of the hardware, especially the keyboard, backlighting, sturdiness and size. The thing just feels like a tank but is light as a feather (compared to other laptops), so weird.

I am slowly learning all the cool keyboard and touchpad shortcuts, one thing that I almost panicked about was the missing home/end keys. I'm like "oh no!" because I use those key ALL the time on the PC. Good thing you can just do Command+arrow to jump around a document and command+a to select all text, etc.

As I'm writing this, I'm uploading my first video done in iMovie to YouTube. I think it turned out OK considering it only took me 2 hours from start to finish and I hadn't touched the software before I started the project.

I'm learning new things about it every time I turn it on, and so far, I can't say that I don't like much. I'll keep posting as this journey progresses.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Arrived

This is just a short post - from my new MAC! I was finally able to save the money and pick up the MacBook Pro 13.3" today! SO EXCITED!! I will post more about the experience and all the cool stuff it can do.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Whaaa?

Ok, I'm going through my daily barrage of emails and I pop open my buy.com ad email and scroll through all the cool tech toys on sale. I see LCD's, iPods, and a whole array of other things and then, at the very bottom, as if trying to hide ... whaaa? ...

The Russel Hobbs Crystal Encrusted Bling Toaster



Ok, who is Russel Hobbs?

The Time Has Come

The time has come, in 9 more days, my computing life will change forever.

I have sought what I want: Apple MacBook Pro 13.3"
I have saved for what I want: Not putting it on credit
I have set the date: July 18th
I will buy it: by walking into an Apple store
I will own it: by walking out of the Apple store with it in hand

If you're a tech geek, you know the anticipation of obtaining a new piece of hardware, it's exciting.

I have been scouring all kinds of mac sites and watching all the training videos from apple.com, only to learn how much fun I'm going to have.

My next post will probably be from my new computer!