I have always dreamed of working at Apple, but alas, my chosen career path seems destined to never cross the garden where that particular apple tree is planted. I don’t think I’m the only one dreaming that dream though, moths from all around theglobe must have also wanted to get closer to Steve’s light if only to get nearer to the man who inspires a fanatical following from geeks worldwide. Which is why I’ve always harbored a little grain of envy for a friend who works for Apple. Lucky bastard.
Once You Go Mac, You Never Go Back
My first Apple product is a white iBook which I purchased on installment way back in 2007. Isbecause the bloody thing still works even to this day. I’ve never had to bother with all that anti-virus crap, and any OS upgrade I just download over the iStore for $29. I had the reckless misfortune though of plugging that particular Mac 24/7 for so many weeks that its battery expanded rendering it useless. But instead of purchasing a replacement battery, I decided to just remove it and convert it to a pseudo-desktop. I purchased a 21-inch Samsung LED, a separate Mac keyboard, a Belkin USB hub, an optical mouse and voila– I got myself a set-up that has never disappointed me even until now. With the way things are going, that rig may well live for another 5 years or 10. And they say an Apple computer is expensive.
My next Apple device is an iPhone 3G. It has gone through several iOS iterations, jailbreaks, unlocks, years of use, and yet it has remained as my main phone until now. Somehow getting another non-apple phone seems a significant step down and since getting it, I’ve never considered buying another phone, not even once.
I think what Steve Jobs’ Apple has done is that they’ve set the bar so high that once you’ve experienced using one of their products, everything else seems so pedestrian.
RIP Steve Jobs
And now Steve has gone and we can only wonder whether the folks he left in his beloved company would be able to fill the humongous he’s left behind. For sure I will miss the bespectacled man in black turtleneck and jeans and rubber shoes smiling in unabashed delight as he presents yet another product that blows the competition out of the water. But I feel really blessed to have lived in the era that Steve Jobs existed. Truly a man worth telling my future grandchildren about.
