September 7, 2004

Obsessed

"You're obsessed!", exclaimed my wife. Or was it my son? Or my daughter?

I was obviously too engrossed in the wonders of my new iBook and iPod mini to focus on external distractions.

I think life is returning to some degree of normality now that I've been an Apple owner for several days. On the other hand, will it ever return to normal?

And what is normal, anyway?

I was warned that becoming a Mac owner would bring profound changes. I guess I'll have to let time pass to see how lasting the effects are.

For now I can report that I am thoroughly enjoying the experience of becoming aquainted with my Mac and it's OS X. Experience. I knew before that it made such good sense to use an operating system with the best of both worlds: a slick, well designed windowing UI with candy that truly delights the eye built upon the basis of UNIX. But experiencing it first hand gives one a whole new appreciation.

Another delight is iPhoto. Having stuggled and failed several months ago to get Linux to cooperate with my digital camera, it has been pure pleasure to plug it into the iBook and see the upload just work!

And now to the height of my obsession so far. The iPod mini and iTunes. I now have a full two days worth of music transferred, covering many genres. Just now I copied the five CD set entitled The Baroque Experience featuring The Academy of St Martins in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner. I am simply lost for words to describe the iPod mini. Any adjective seems inadequate. I'm sure other iPod owners know what I mean.

Obsessed? Guilty as charged!

Posted to Computers, Music, Personal, Software by Keith Pitty
Comments

I am obsessed with your iBook too, from a discrete distance. Milky white, curvacious, slender. I am sure I saw it wink at me as I passed your desk today.

Posted by: David Pinn at September 8, 2004 1:17 AM

Steady on there, Dave! Mates don't flirt with mate's computers. On the other hand, I see what you mean about the curves, and it's cute little magnetic catch and window openning animations really fascinate me, and meanwhile, just the push of a button will strip away the UI, revealing the raw, willing power of BSD Unix. Mmmmmmmm...... stopping now.

Posted by: Alan Green at September 8, 2004 9:04 AM