I want a Mac, and if I had it my way, I'd work only on macs. Strange, considering I've probably used one no more than 5 time in the past few years. At home I use (windows) laptops borrowed from my parents' work, or our Windows 98 HP dinosaur. It's a hand-me-down. From someone my grandparents' age. I don't want tech hand-me-downs from anyone more than 20 years older than me. I just don't.
Basically, my parents would never pay for a computer. They think that it will 'encourage' me to waste more time on the computer than I already do. True enough. But still, I really want a new computer, specifically a mac.
Why a mac? First, I love the interface. It's so clean, so pretty. I used vista about 6 months before it was released to the general public (I live in Seattle, what can I say...) and I knew that it wasn't going o win my affections from first click. While it definitely is prettier than XP, it's still pretty ugly. And while the whole brushed-metal thing on macs is getting a bit old, it isn't getting old enough to make me hate. And macs, I mean, the interface. It's just cool-looking.
Plus, macs don't come with a ton of crap when you buy them. I get so sick of seeing all the stupid free trials and random brands in my programs list. They're just annoying. Macs come with a sound editor, a video editor, a browser, and all the other essential, good-to-have programs. nd they're really easy to find from the start - no digging through menus.
Macs are also, in my pitiful experience, fast. Not counting my fiends old iMac (rember those colored things?). But that was old enough that I excuse it. Her new computer, also a mac, is amazing enough that it covers for her old computer and a whole lot more.
Plus, macs aren't so mainstream. On a mac, I don't feel like any other girl in any other household anywhere else. I'm not going onto generic-glitterz-12354327647.com and getting my little doll glitters and putting them on my myspace (which I hate, by the way. But that's for another time). I feel like someone who knows what's she's doing, is a little more put together and savvy. Every household has a PC. Not every household has a Mac. But having a mac doesn't feel un-mainstream in the weird way, it feels un-mainstream in the cool way.
Macs are fast, sleek, brilliant, streamlined, beautiful,and simple. And that's what inspires my Mac lust.
The only problem? Well, two actually. One, not everything runs on a mac. But I don't use a lot of weird apps, so that's okay. Two, the price. I'm still workin' on that one. And until I solve that, I'll be here, working on my mom's XP laptop from work. Blecch.
Plus, macs don't come with a ton of crap when you buy them. I get so sick of seeing all the stupid free trials and random brands in my programs list. They're just annoying. Macs come with a sound editor, a video editor, a browser, and all the other essential, good-to-have programs. nd they're really easy to find from the start - no digging through menus.
Macs are also, in my pitiful experience, fast. Not counting my fiends old iMac (rember those colored things?). But that was old enough that I excuse it. Her new computer, also a mac, is amazing enough that it covers for her old computer and a whole lot more.
Plus, macs aren't so mainstream. On a mac, I don't feel like any other girl in any other household anywhere else. I'm not going onto generic-glitterz-12354327647.com and getting my little doll glitters and putting them on my myspace (which I hate, by the way. But that's for another time). I feel like someone who knows what's she's doing, is a little more put together and savvy. Every household has a PC. Not every household has a Mac. But having a mac doesn't feel un-mainstream in the weird way, it feels un-mainstream in the cool way.
Macs are fast, sleek, brilliant, streamlined, beautiful,and simple. And that's what inspires my Mac lust.
The only problem? Well, two actually. One, not everything runs on a mac. But I don't use a lot of weird apps, so that's okay. Two, the price. I'm still workin' on that one. And until I solve that, I'll be here, working on my mom's XP laptop from work. Blecch.
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