I am slightly obsessed right now with wanting a
MacBook Air. It is one of two Apple laptops available.
I joined the world of Apple a few years ago when I
was looking to upgrade my generic MP3 player for the small iPod Nano. Kenyon decided to try out the iPhone 3 when
AT&T was discounting this phone to $50 since the iPhone 4S had just been
released. I decided I had to copy Kenyon and
also get in iPhone 3, returning my iPod Nano and loaded music onto my phone.
I am not sure I had fully joined the “cult” but
Apple was slowly luring me further into their world. I never thought I would purchase any other
Apple device and I would made fun of a coworker for his “need to have the latest
and greatest Apple product upon release.”
I had started to consider purchasing a laptop for use
at home so I didn’t have to boot up our old slow Windows PC every time I wanted to surf
the web. Kenyon suggested looking at an
iPad, despite his personal biases with Apple.
I went to The Apple Store to play with the iPad and was impressed. I went to Best Buy, applied for a credit
card, signed up for 18 months no-interest-financing, and took home my new toy
to learn all about.
I never planned to get any other iPad (can you
picture the fishing line reeling me in??). Then Apple had to go and release a new iPad with
a front facing camera and a new color option of white. Then Apple had to go and add enhance the
screen with Retina display and add a FaceTime application where you can
actually talk to a person through the device and see them while you are talking
to them (assuming you remembered to comb your hair beforehand but don’t worry, you
don’t have to brush your teeth). I HAD
to be in the cool club! I found that
Best Buy credit card I had tucked away in the drawer and again signed up for 18
months no-interest-financing, and took home my new toy.
I am fully aware that I can’t blame Apple for my
impromptu purchases. I have a slight
addictive personality. I use the word “slight”
because my sister Katie’s addictive personality is worse than mine. With that being said, I always knew I would
upgrade my phone to the newest and coolest iPhone each time I was eligible to
do so. The release of the iPhone 5 had
just occurred when it was time for my upgrade.
While the screen is slightly longer, I have screen envy over the Samsung
Galaxy phones and still think the iPhone screen could be larger. Regardless, I was also able to get an iPhone 5 in
the white color.
I should end my story here (or at least have given
you the shorter version) but I must admit that Apple hooked me even further
with the release of the iPad Mini. The
Mini is everything that is awesome about my big iPad but it comes in a smaller
package and is so light weight it is so much easier to carry around. So, I got a white colored one, which was much
harder to find than the black color. I
am fully aware that you now all think I have a much larger addictive
personality then I mentioned previously.
This completes our circle and brings us back
around to the MacBook Air. I still use
my big iPad at home all the time. I love the instant on/off when I want to jump on the internet. The iPad, however, is difficult to blog
on. Between this and a few other reasons
I have started the process of looking at purchasing a MacBook Air. Apple holds a conference every June where
they make an announcement of the release of new products. I am hopeful the announcement this year will
be of a new MacBook Air so I am holding off on my purchase at this time. Since I am not very good at waiting, I have purchased a book to help me learn more about Mac and I have been playing with the
model devices in The Apple Store. I also
took a class offered by The Apple Store.
I learned in my Intro to Mac class how to drag a photo onto the
desktop so I could insert it into the blog site. I practiced with a few of the photos on the display
model. I am not sure how to actually credit photos, but the two photos below I
borrowed (or stole because I don’t reall know how this works) from Apple. Here is my practice photo blog post:
Not sure why or where I typed before.
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