I just realized today that a game my daughter was playing on the New York Philharmonic’s kids site is as powerful as a physic’s program on a Mac in high school. I remember being over at a friend’s house in high school (probably about 1990, 1991) and playing with some physics program – things bouncing around. That was cutting edge at the time – I think it was a Macintosh Classic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Classic) – because I remember you could carry it around.
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I feel like I’m surrounded by the Mac OS now – I’m actually typing this on my Dads’s laptop and he has a mac now. I know more people now than I ever did that have gotten a Mac and loved it. I have an iPod and think about a Mac a lot – as my iPod works well. I’m by no means a Mac lover – but I have great respect for what the company has done. I don’t know if I will ever go to a Mac – but I think it’s a good option for a lot of people.
They make some great hardware – but I think that’s because that’s what they are – a hardware company. I know that you don’t have to deal with the constant security updates like on Windows – that’s one area I’ve gotten pretty tired of (how many of you have come back to you computer wondering why it restarted and then it says “Your computer was recently updated…” I don’t know if the Mac OS is just more secure or if the small number relative to windows is what’s important.
I do appreciate that Mac has come back – as it’s made all computers better. Windows wouldn’t keep advancing like it has if Mac wasn’t biting at it’s heels. Apple made some amazing progress by basing their OS on a Unix system and then switching to Intel chips. My Dad actually uses the hardware more to run Windows than the Mac OS – he wanted a slim laptop to work with.
I’m frankly too cheap to buy a Mac – as I just don’t have a lot to spend so I keep a close eye on any money I have (I work my part-time biz for hardware/software). I wonder a lot if my wife would like the Mac a lot better – but I also wonder what she would think of Windows 7. I may have her look at both here in a minute to see what she thinks – then again she’s not into computers like I am (actually I’m getting addicted to the internet as much as a computer now…).
