Here I am at the Moscone Center in San Fran at MacWorld ‘05 among many others blogging about their experiences.
Apple just announced the Ipod Shuffle and the $500 “Mac Mini,” a 6.5″ square, 2″ high Mac with no monitor! This thing is tiny! Anyone who’s complained about Mac’s high prices (which were valid) can now buy one for the price of a Dell and get a much stylish computer with a much better Os than Windows and a software package thrown in that would cost another $500 if you were to buy comparable PC software.
Coming from a PC background, once I sat down and used a Mac for an afternoon, I could honestly say without bias that Macs are better. Definitely much better for the graphics-type, but also better in my opinion for the every day person. Apple’s software is much more visual and intuitive than anything that I’ve seen for the PC.
“I hate Macs” is a belief only for the ignorant or for those who have only used a Mac with OS 9 (I agree that it was bad).
I’m pretty sure my next computer is going to be a Mac. Man that banana bread was good this morning…
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Funny you mentioned Macs. Our whole Creative Dept. and a majority of our artists here at the Chronicle all use Macs.
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Cool. Yeah, I’m a little behind the times as a designer–99% of people in my field use Macs.
I used Macs throughout my whole 2 years at Cal State Northridge in the Digital Arts Program, but hated them. This was pre-OS X though.
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By the way, Dave, do you work in the SF Chronicle building that I passed by on the way to the Moscone Center? I thought about giving you a call and having lunch with you, but then I realized I don’t have your number.
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Awesome, you were at Macworld. We did all kinds of press releases about that.
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So did you know about the new iPod and Mac Mini before yesterday? A lot of hard-core fans would love to have your job. There were even some guys who camped outside of MacWorld days before to get a glimpse of the new stuff.
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I used to work in that Chronicle bldg. at 5th and Mission. I now work in our suburban office here in Concord. Dee still works in SF. She could have had lunch with you. She knows a couple of good places to eat too.
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Unfortunately I didn’t know about Apple’s announcements because Apple’s not one of our clients.
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You’re really going to be a Mac user now? But now you have to buy computer games for more expensive now.
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yeah, that’s the only thing. I’ll keep my PC upgraded enough so I can play games.
Hey MAC you should use a MAC. Awesome.