As a senior in high school, I got my first Mac: a modest 12″ iBook G4 that ran at 1.2 GHz and had a 30 GB hard drive. It was underpowered even for those days, but it was my primary computer for three and a half years. It was becoming a problem, and the peer pressure to upgrade was growing increasingly intense.
Finally, my friends decided that enough was enough. They dragged me down to the NAU bookstore to replace my aging machine. That was only four days ago.
This new MacBook is an amazing piece of equipment, with specs over four times better than my iBook on all levels. I feel as though I’ve been chugging along in a crop duster for years, and now all of a sudden I can tear through the sky in an F-16.
Maybe you should consider upgrading your life :-D. Just because you have a more powerful machine does not mean it is more useful. For example my desktop at home is not as powerful as my laptop, but it has everything I need to get things done. How will your new Mac make you more productive? As a computer scientist would abstracting tasks over multiple computers enable you to make the computers work for you? Instead of striving to be a Mac user, strive to be a super user and make your machines work for you. For example my server can host files and websites, it just works all the time. You certainly can’t dust a field of crops with an F16!!!1
Actually, the F-16 has some outstanding pest control capabilities. Maybe a little too outstanding. I think they’re called “Sidewinders.”
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