Comment Re:Crazy like a Fox (Score 1) 1007
Many people get a Mac and discover some new favorite activity that they didn't do before because it's more complicated and less fun on a PC. Digital photography with iPhoto, digital video with iMovie, or digital music with the formerly Mac-only iTunes are three possibilities.
I had the same experience. I've been all Windows and some Unix for years now at work. For me, computers were about development, project mgt., office apps, e-mail, and web browsing.
That changed when I bought a Mac for home use. Before then, I didn't bother downloading music b/c I didn't really care that much about music. I mostly listened to the radio and bought the occasional CD. Before this year, I've probably spent less than $300 on albums in my entire life.
Since getting my iBook, I ripped my complete (if small) collection of CDs, began buying tracks on iTMS, and started listening to music almost exclusively on my computer. And much more than i used to, I think about music, listen to it for hours at a time (totally weird for me!), and actively search out new tracks. I'm going to buy an iPod sometime in the next few months.
As for photos, I've never owned a camera in my life. I'd been having so much fun with my iBook that I bought my first digital camera and been having a rockin' time with that too.
That "digital lifestyle hub" campaign Apple started a few years ago sounded like so much marketing vapor--but my Mac really HAS started me on some fun hobbies. Damn, I sound like a switcher commercial...
I had the same experience. I've been all Windows and some Unix for years now at work. For me, computers were about development, project mgt., office apps, e-mail, and web browsing.
That changed when I bought a Mac for home use. Before then, I didn't bother downloading music b/c I didn't really care that much about music. I mostly listened to the radio and bought the occasional CD. Before this year, I've probably spent less than $300 on albums in my entire life.
Since getting my iBook, I ripped my complete (if small) collection of CDs, began buying tracks on iTMS, and started listening to music almost exclusively on my computer. And much more than i used to, I think about music, listen to it for hours at a time (totally weird for me!), and actively search out new tracks. I'm going to buy an iPod sometime in the next few months.
As for photos, I've never owned a camera in my life. I'd been having so much fun with my iBook that I bought my first digital camera and been having a rockin' time with that too.
That "digital lifestyle hub" campaign Apple started a few years ago sounded like so much marketing vapor--but my Mac really HAS started me on some fun hobbies. Damn, I sound like a switcher commercial...
