An Apple Man Am I

I've succumbed.  It has been said that when Apple sell you a piece of equipment what you actually buy is a brand  into which you are forever locked by loyalty.  I can see that is the case.  Fed up with the vagaries of Windows and lured by the quality and beauty of the Macbook and its seamless operating system I succumbed in 2010 and went the Apple way.  

So far as a Smartphone was concerned however, because of the problems with the iPhone 4 Gaz went the HTC way after returning his iPhone so so did I.  Unfortunately, despite my satisfaction in many ways with the HTC, the way it showed contacts and the many problems synching data led me soon to became dissatisfied.  So one of the first things I did when I got back to the UK was visit Glasgow's Apple Store.  They really do know how to do things!  I came out a complete Apple Man.  I have used an iPod since they were steam driven to carry the music of my my 1300 or so CDs between the UK and NZ.  This, I understand, makes me a law breaker in the UK because, although I only have music on my iTunes and iPod for which I have a CD (ie no pirate music), it is still unlawful to do that.  Silly!

So now I have completed my Appleship by buying an iPhone and an iPad.  The latter will replace Samantha (the trusty Notebook) who remained in NZ with young Catriona as her new friend.

My Apple Family

I have discovered that the iPhone is brilliant and that Siri is unbelievable - and I really mean that last word. I can recall the first attempts at voice recognition software.  This is something quite beyond anything I had imagined.  I'm sure there could be another post on this at some time.  What I can't understand is why I haven't realised its existence and its full capability before now.

Does anyone need an iPad?  It'll be very handy not to have to cart the Mac around everywhere all the time but, let's be frank, what has need got to do with it.  Noone actually needs Apple....... until, that is, you have Apple.  

PS Note that I still keep a good old fashioned diary.  I have my appointment diaries going back to the year dot (and every address book since I was a child) so I think I'll not be stopping that now.  

The New Boy/Girl on The Block

After all the problems with computers over the last few months I decided a couple of weeks ago to go Apple and get myself a MacBook. So when I drove down last Monday to Glasgow I went straight to the Apple Shop and had a chat and bought an Apple MacBook Pro. I can see why Apple have managed to turn customers into devoted followers. The whole experience of buying and owning an Apple is designed to make you feel special and feel that all is going to be well from now on. No little detail seems to have been overlooked from the backlit keyboard keys and the superbly easy to use trackpad to the seamless integration of the various programs. Even the packaging is superbly functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. As I've been using Windows since PCs hit the market place so getting used to this will doubtless not be something that happens overnight and I'll bet that this won't be the last post on the subject either.

The box is slim and a work of art in itself and to help you carry it the carrier bag is actually also a back pack - cute. Helpful too because I also had another box to carry.

Opening the box shows you the silver slim MacBook

And removing the MacBook gives access to the typically well-designed charger