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JRoberts
post Aug 12 2005, 07:08 PM
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I just recently bought an Apple laptop for School. I have been a PC user all my life, and since a very early age was taught that Apple was the "other computer" that we didn't buy. However, I have a few friends who have Apples and was also offered a great deal if I bought it. So I did.

What struck me at first (and has for awhile) is the esthetic beauty of Apple. Their love of simplicity and whiteness makes their computers very elegant. It turns out that this idea is the Theme of Apple: Simplicity, Integration, Harmony, and thus...Power. PC's have always seemed cluttered to me. They were like buying a car engine and frame, and then everything else is seperate and must be added. The result? A weird looking, multi-colored, odd-shaped car. But when using my apple, I feel like every single thing was done for a purpose. Every program relies upon and builds upon the other. Thus every program is nicely connected, purposeful, and destinguishably Apple. There is a nice ease-of-mind when using an Apple, one that makes me want to shout, "But of course!"

I am also impressed by Apple's ingenuity. There are many features in both their laptop and Operating System that blow my mind (and I'm still discovering many of them!). Some examples:

-Hot Corners: move your mouse to a corner of the screen, and an action will happen (such as automatically start your Screen Saver)

-Stickies: for all those tiny notes you take (such as a telephone number), stickies are basically virtual post-it notesin multiple colors. Much better than using MSword/Notepad

-Expose: allows you to focus on one application, or multiple. Great program when you have multiple windows/programs open.

-iChat: AOL Instant Messenger with upgrades. It includes an automatic LAN feature that allows you to see/communicate with anybody in your network. CNN has just started using it to conduct interviews via its powerful audio/video chat software.

-Spellcheck: Many programs have spellcheck built in. iChat, for example, spellchecks everything you type. Why hasn't somebody thought of this before?

All in all, I'm converted. It reminds me of what Howard Roark stated about Architecture; and believe me, I feel like I'm using a computer that has integrity.


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Rome was founded and extended by the labors of those men of old; their descendants made Rome more hideous while it stood than when it fell. For in the ruin of the city it was stone and timber which fell to the ground; but in the lives of those Romans we saw the collapse not of material but of moral defenses, not of material but of spiritual grandeur. The lust that burned in their hearts was more deadly than the flame which consumed their dwellings.

-St. Augustine

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post Aug 12 2005, 08:24 PM
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Oh, and Windows comes with games like Solitaire.

Apples come with Chess--

enough said.
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- JRoberts   Apple   Aug 12 2005, 07:08 PM
- - Carlos E. Jordan   Watching you open up your (JRobert's) Apple re...   Aug 12 2005, 08:08 PM
|- - JRoberts   QUOTE(Carlos E. Jordan @ Aug 12 2005, 02:08 P...   Aug 18 2005, 12:52 PM
- - Carlos E. Jordan   "Spellcheck: Many programs have spellcheck bu...   Aug 12 2005, 08:20 PM
- - Dan Edge   Hey Guys, I've got about 100 Macs at home and...   Aug 22 2005, 09:55 PM
|- - JRoberts   QUOTE(Dan Edge @ Aug 22 2005, 03:55 PM)Hey Gu...   Aug 23 2005, 12:08 PM
|- - Dan Edge   QUOTE(JRoberts @ Aug 23 2005, 08:08 AM)You ha...   Aug 24 2005, 10:03 PM
|- - JRoberts   QUOTE(Dan Edge @ Aug 24 2005, 04:03 PM)What i...   Aug 26 2005, 10:22 AM
- - Thoyd Loki   I am really, really interested in jumping on the m...   Aug 23 2005, 06:03 AM
|- - JRoberts   QUOTE(Thoyd Loki @ Aug 23 2005, 12:03 AM) I ...   Aug 23 2005, 12:13 PM
|- - Oakes   QUOTE(JRoberts)You're right...Pages is the App...   Aug 23 2005, 05:40 PM
||- - JRoberts   QUOTE(Oakes @ Aug 23 2005, 11:40 AM) What...   Aug 26 2005, 10:16 AM
|- - Thoyd Loki   QUOTE(JRoberts @ Aug 23 2005, 05:13 AM)You...   Aug 24 2005, 05:14 AM
- - Thoyd Loki   QUOTE(JRoberts @ Aug 12 2005, 12:08 PM)All in...   Sep 22 2005, 05:33 AM
- - Thoyd Loki   Also there is a word processor alternative for Mac...   Sep 22 2005, 05:44 AM
- - Cbaoth   I bought the new iPod nano the other day. Truely a...   Sep 22 2005, 11:03 AM
- - JRoberts   Thoyd, Welcome to the family! Everyday my lo...   Sep 22 2005, 02:46 PM
- - JRoberts   By the way, I too purchased the iPod Nano and will...   Sep 23 2005, 02:10 AM
- - Cbaoth   Am I enjoying it? You bet! Only problem being...   Sep 23 2005, 10:56 AM
|- - JRoberts   QUOTE(Cbaoth @ Sep 23 2005, 04:56 AM)And what...   Sep 23 2005, 02:30 PM
|- - Vladimir Berkov   It is interesting to see how Apple has reinvented ...   Oct 13 2005, 04:11 AM
|- - JRoberts   QUOTE(Vladimir Berkov @ Oct 12 2005, 10:11 PM...   Oct 13 2005, 04:20 AM
- - JRoberts   Two new things!!!! Praise the hig...   Oct 13 2005, 03:50 AM
|- - Thoyd Loki   QUOTE(JRoberts @ Oct 12 2005, 08:50 PM)Two ne...   Oct 13 2005, 04:57 AM
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||- - OliverComputing   QUOTE(JRoberts @ Oct 14 2005, 12:55 PM)Amen....   Oct 14 2005, 06:35 PM
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