02-14-2017, 05:34 PM
Pardon my rambling.
From the first time I saw the Pong game in the bowling alley near our house in L.A. to that Mac Mini I bought in 2011. From that moment forward, I no longer find joy in the acquisition of electronic gadgetry.
My first inkling was when I didn't buy an iPad when they first came out. The herd strength had me wanting one, but I couldn't think of what I could do with it that I couldn't do with my MacBook Pro. You know, now that I think about it, the first inklings of internal dissent probably started when they changed the name of the PowerBook to the mundane sounding MacBook, which still sounds weird. Why would I not want something called a "Power" Book? Also, though I love the iMacs, when I replaced my tower with a flat white one, a small piece of my soul perished. But the iMac was so cool and responsive, I didn't think too much about it. Until I wanted a relatively inexpensive tower again.
Now I'm plugging away on my 2011 MacBook Pro and not buying a new one despite needing more Umph (not to mention the want a king's ransom for something I can't touch the screen of and tabletize).
I think the Number One reason my technology urges have been blunted has been the massive difficulty of trying to manage my music and movies on my Macs. I think iTunes; it's lack of alternatives and it's stupefying plummeting into hell is the primary frustration that strips the fun out of my Macs. And that started with the removal of Cover Flow. A simple thing that I loved.
Now I'm forced to hike, bike, play old-guy basketball and old-guy run.
From the first time I saw the Pong game in the bowling alley near our house in L.A. to that Mac Mini I bought in 2011. From that moment forward, I no longer find joy in the acquisition of electronic gadgetry.
My first inkling was when I didn't buy an iPad when they first came out. The herd strength had me wanting one, but I couldn't think of what I could do with it that I couldn't do with my MacBook Pro. You know, now that I think about it, the first inklings of internal dissent probably started when they changed the name of the PowerBook to the mundane sounding MacBook, which still sounds weird. Why would I not want something called a "Power" Book? Also, though I love the iMacs, when I replaced my tower with a flat white one, a small piece of my soul perished. But the iMac was so cool and responsive, I didn't think too much about it. Until I wanted a relatively inexpensive tower again.
Now I'm plugging away on my 2011 MacBook Pro and not buying a new one despite needing more Umph (not to mention the want a king's ransom for something I can't touch the screen of and tabletize).
I think the Number One reason my technology urges have been blunted has been the massive difficulty of trying to manage my music and movies on my Macs. I think iTunes; it's lack of alternatives and it's stupefying plummeting into hell is the primary frustration that strips the fun out of my Macs. And that started with the removal of Cover Flow. A simple thing that I loved.
Now I'm forced to hike, bike, play old-guy basketball and old-guy run.