Jonese's Blog

Yes I'm really considering a move to the dark side. The dark side of computing that is. In my world that would be the Apple camp. (don't tell me I'm wrong just because you're ALREADY an Apple user). Mainly I'm missing my laptop. I had a tricked out Alienware mobile laptop that got a LOT of use. But it was big, bulky, and somewhat of a PITA.

So about a year ago after that blue beast started to die on me and I refused to deal with the support team at Alienware anymore, I retired it. I drove up to Fry's and built myself a desktop system for about $1600. Now this same system would have cost me about 3k from one of the big computer manufactures so I was pretty proud of my skills. To date the desktop has rocked and been everything I need and designed it to be.

Recently though I've become A LOT more mobile. I'm always somewhere else and I'm finding my desire to have a laptop returning. Sure I can check my email on my phone. I have my twitter to keep peeps informed but there are times when I'm sitting at StarBucks or elsewhere and wish I could just whip out a laptop and pound out some ideas.

But that's not all.

I follow my man Carlos and am in constant awe of his creativity and his transparency. One of the things Carlo's does often on his blog is post video's. Sometimes they are him chatting for like 1 - 5 min and others it's time lapse stuff over a course of a full day etc.

I SO WANT THAT!

Seriously how cool would that be to see me on hyper drive for a day or two? Ok so maybe 1 of you said "yea that would be cool" while the other 3 of you went, "um that's a bit of an jonese overload".

So why do I need a laptop for this? And what's this Apple thing? Well Carlos, as well as most creative types use Apple computers aka Mac's. My industry is rapidly changing and many shops, programs etc are moving this way as well. So I see the move to using an Apple having a lot of benefits for me:

1. I stay inline with the cool kids
2. I expand my repertoire of computer knowledge
3. I finally get to see what I've been missing
4. I step outside of my comfort zone.

#4 is a big one for me. I've been a window's guy for a long time. I played in the *nix world but only on an enterprise level. I've never outright dissed the Apple, I just didn't see it as something I needed. Well I'm seeing the need and as others around me create cool stuff I feel myself slipping out of sync.

So yea I'll admit it. I want to buy myself Mac Book Pro. Now I just have to figure out the how part :) Until then rest easy that all you'll get from me is words on the screen!