I’m now a proud owner of . . .

Mar 24th, 2010 by vjkrishna in Technology

. . an Apple Macbook. About 9 months since I wrote here about my crush on Macbook, I’ve finally done it. I must say I love it to bits. It’s this milk white 13.3 inch Macbook. It’s design is so unique that from any distance, as long as you sight this, you’ll know it’s a Macbook. In the constant battle between the Mac users and windows users, there is an one liner from the windows camp about Mac – “it’s not the OS that sucks, it’s the users”. That’s because every single Mac owner is truly a proud owner and he’s going to talk a lot about his Mac.

Mac certainly costs more than the regular windows machines. For the same configurations as my macbook, if it were windows I could have got it at about 60% of the price. But as they say, if you think Mac is expensive then Mac’s not for you. That’s because, it’s not just the cost of the individual components of the configuration that you pay for. It’s the wholesome product and the experience it gives you. There’s a beautiful harmony about macbook and the applications that it has. You get a feeling that someone’s made this notebook just for you. You really tend to think that they had ‘you’ in their mind when they made it.

The first thing that had me fall in love with macbook was its design. It may sound a bit exaggerating but I think it’s a work of art, this design of Macbook. Every little thing has been thought out. Everything that is there is because of a reason – the size of the trackpad, the design of the applications, the space for arm rest, the arrangement of sockets, even the thumb scoop, the look n feel, the logo – as I said there’s a harmony among all these things. There is a beautiful theme that’s so very consistent in all things Mac. Again, all these things may sound like exaggeration or ‘fanboyism’ – if you’ve not used a Mac.

The other thing Mac has managed for me is to revive this blog. Thanks the Macjournal application, posting an article to a blog is so so easy. Expect more posts from now on (how many times I’ve said this). Over the last few weeks and months, I’ve been reading some interesting books which have some great concepts to think about and have views on. Some of them can very ground breaking and thought provoking. Stay tuned.

6 Comments

  • Hmmmm…. Finally U R BAK…:) so are you in search of MAC all these days.??? How manytimes we requested you – you can go for vacation but not from the blog …!!! :(

    Congratssss for becoming elite club member in Apple Family. For sure you will love it like everyone does. However if MS Office is part of your everyday life then you will have hard time to get your work done from MAC. The best part I liked is you can do wonders for our photos. It deserves the price.

    So, mac will increase the blog posts I believe b’coz No hangs, No viruses, No more memory dump Blue Screens of Windows… ;) Install iLIFE Software. Enjoy the roller coster Mac ride :)

  • I must say my Mac rocks (just like all the other million Macs). I’m enjoying this so much that I feel like I’ve been revived. This is easily the best purchase I’ve made along with the PS3 slim.

  • I don’t know who this Mac is. But I would like to thank him for bringing you back :-) What amuses me is your passion for whatever you do Vj. Wish you stick to your promise this time atleast!

  • Can we have a photograph of this much doted on Macbook please? I have no idea what it looks like!

  • There you go Liza! That’s the Macbook. Pictures don’t do justice but still I realise this is better than just the texts. The next time you happen to walk past this shop called ‘iStore’, take a minute off, get in and use and feel the Macbook. I’m wondering who may not like it!

  • Rajnesh Abraham April 30, 2010 at 10:53 am

    Vj,

    I now have a MacBook Pro and I know its early days, but I feel like a schoolboy every time I look at it! thanks to Huawei on the net and the insanely simple Mac process, I managed to connect to the net despite my blinding headache last night.. I couldn’t wait!
    I’m not sure anyone who has not experienced a Mac will understand your line about the Mac design. Being a 2.4 with 4 GB and new graphics card, the Pro is slick and fast. real fast.
    I wouldn’t so much agree with you that the Mac was designed for you though. It was designed for me :)
    And oh, incidentally, the first site i visited on my new Pro was bluechampions and the next was vjkrishna.com. Hopefully that buys me some credits :)