Saturday, October 20, 2007

Welcome to the Revolution

I have been a Mac owner now for a week. I have to say so far I have been very impressed with my new computer, it does all that it's supposed to, doesn't crash, pack up or have a hissy fit when I try to use more than one programme at a time (being female I am able to multi-task very well, thank you very much), it's very fast, very sleek, and very cool - and although I had a few initial concerns re the power adaptor (which actually was faulty - but Apple replaced it instantly, so no hassles there), I haven't had any problems since (touch wood). Unlike my poor school PC - which is off again getting rebuilt because goodness only knows why... it doesn't actually want to open up any programmes, which is a bit of a problem really. Don't get me wrong, I've not gone totally Mac-bonkers, I'm not about to go out there and make Mac vs PC adverts or something - I think both have their strong points - it's just that my recent experience of PCs has been in using the school ones which are always crashing, right when you're about to lead an assembly with Yr 8... or teach a lesson that's being observed... or just turn it on... But isn't it funny how once you go 'over to the dark side' you suddenly become aware of just how many others there are of you? Like for example, if you've never owned a Peugeot or something, once you buy one you suddenly notice how many other people have one? Or if you change to a Motorola phone, suddenly everyone else seems to have a Motorola? Well, its been like that for me with the Mac. I have to say that this week I have seen more people using Macbooks, Powerbooks, Macbook Pros - any type of Mac - than I have ever seen. Like for example, today we had workshops for the Yr 10s about the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery (they're creating pieces to perform in honour of the event) - and the two workshop leaders both brought their Macbooks to school for the workshop. And yesterday I was in a meeting and one of the people there pulled out a Macbook. And the day before I was in another meeting - and low and behold there was a Macbook there too! Not to mention the guy in Starbucks using his Mac... with no PCs to be seen at any of these occasions. It's a Mac Revolution! They're taking over the world... and now that I've joined, it's actually not that hard to see why...

1 comment:

The Goff's said...

We'll have to rename you the Mac Girl. Just like the Mac Guy on the teev...