My computer is a piece of shit. It is slow slow slow. In fact I actually have three computers in my household, an old powermac G4 that runs OSX 10.3 and the classic 9 state. I used to use this computer for final cut pro and protools. I still in essence can but I can't update a thing and rendering time? Forget about it. Plus because it is so old I can also forget about going online for anything. I also have an iMac that runs OSX 10.4 that I got for my mother some years ago. It to is too old to surf the Internet let alone trying to Facebook with, and then there is my laptop that I USED to use for writing because I really like to write outside of my home, in cafes or libraries or book stores. It runs OSX 10.5.8 which so happens to be the earliest of the apple operating systems that one can actually still do anything with. Supposedly no iPhone or iPad will connect to anything earlier. With 10.5.8 one can still surf the Internet properly. But it has slowed down to a crawl. Just typing a sentence has become a chore. The screen is cracked and the battery is completely gone. It needs to stay plugged in at all times or it will immediately shut down. I hate you Apple. Hate is the right word here. I'm not actually looking for the word that would mean the opposite of love which would be to say I am apathetic to apple. I am not. I hate Apple because I love them so much. The problem with you Apple is you do not love me. At all. How could you release OSX 10.7 the Lion now?? Didn't 10.6 just come out a year ago? I have given you so much of myself Apple. When big checks come in it is you that I think of first. And you treat me like I am some new comer that has just discover your beauty. You make me pay full price for upgrades. You change so often that I am forced to buy adaptors and other perennials jay to keep from bankrupting myself ad buy new products every two years. I can't keep up anymore. Things happen so fast. There was a moment when I contemplated buying a new machine. I went to the apple store... (I actually go in every day now to charge my iPhone, surf the web, get advice, sneak in on tutorial sessions, use the bathroom, sleep. Oh Apple I am going to get my monies worth, believe me. I've even rehearsed the fit I would throw if any blue shirted applet demon minion ever tried to take issue with my apple store familiarity. They haven't bothered me one bit. In fact they've been very nice and even a few who I've come to know wave hi when I come in. But dammit they sure are quick to let you know they have no inside information. I expect you to die, Mr. Jobs.)...where was I? Oh, yeah, I went in to purchase a new laptop. Some intel powered super computer that could probably shift satellites in space if I knew how to do that with. But I was whispered to by the blue demon to wait because this machine is about to be obsolete. The i's are coming, he said. What??? The i's??? Yeah the i3, the i5, the i7. Huh?? He tried to explain them to me in way a priest might explain Gods unwavering love for all of mankind but at the same time justifying killing millions in the old testament. I just nodded in assurance that he knew what he was talking about. I bought headphones for my slowing iPhone and left. I eventually spent that money on my at&t bills, food, metrocards and whatever other expense New York "kill the middle class" City is known for and found myself here, now, in deep need of a new computer. A friend suggested I think about getting a PC. They're much cheaper, he says. He is lucky I even still talk to his blaspheming ass. I couldn't imaging my fingers ever touching anything but the platinum excellence that is a Mac. Dude haven't u seen the commercials?? He did admit that the commercials are a bit mesmerizing. Uh... Yeah... So here I am in need of a new computer; soon to be in need of a new iPhone because the release of the new iOS5 just means my 3GS will be too slow to handle it; In total drooling want of a iPad 2 and coming out of my denial of actually being addicted to Mac products. I know that I am. I sleep with my iPhone under my pillow. I'll do the same with the iPad once I get it. In the meantime I have taken up writing long hand on yellow notepads. I've actually never been so productive. I am a little thrown by the extra step of transcribing, but the sheer volume of work that flows out of me now makes up for it. And as for surfing the Internet while writing for grammar and words and spelling just proved to be procrastination disguised as productivity. I don't need it. I am glad. My bag is a lot lighter now. And also, my perching in Mac stores around the city has paid off. I officially have a Mac guy who gets a 20% discount he'll share with me, AND the best advice ever: if you want to invest in a major computer that will last 5 years or more, invest in a solid state drive. They're much much more expensive but your computer will run faster, not slow down and will last a lot longer. Huh, things Mr. Jobs won't tell you. <= Evil genius.
