I bought a new one. I hate myself. I am a product of America's consumer culture:( Worst of all, my new piece of conspicuous consumption comes with a copy of Vista and all it maladies. I had no choice. I can hear the Apple people screaming "Helooooo, over here" but I had two problems with Apple. First, to get the laptop I wanted from Apple I would have had to spend twice as much as I did for my new Dell. Secondly, I regularly use 3 software programs that do not have a Mac version. These programs are SO memory hungry that I am not even sure virtual windows could do the job. Plus if the program ran really slow then I would shoot myself for even attempting such a gesture. Even the guy at the Apple store told me to get a PC (sigh).
So why did I do it? I gave into the weight factor. First of all, I should premise why weight is such an issue. I am SO over America's war for oil plan that I ride my bike everywhere (lost 9.2lb in 3 months as a happy side note). Carrying a heavy book bag with books + external hard drive + CD's was getting a bit much. My data programs and digital interviews are HUMONGOUS. I measure their size in MB. So I figured carrying one laptop as opposed to all that other junk would be easier. I have NO intention of driving (too high maintenance for the bus, so that is not an option) so I can carry more stuff. There, nuff said. Plus, with my 2 overseas conferences this year it will be nice to be connected...at least periodically.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Laptop
Posted by KMP at 12:21 PM
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I swear though, what choice does a young profesh like yourself have? Apple or PC? It's like Republican or Democrat. One is only slightly better than the other. And yet, the "best" is not even that good. I am so sick of Apple and it's bullshit hipster hype, but I hate using PCs! You know you made the best choice, but the crappy thing about it is that your new computer is designed to be obsolete in a year or so, hence making you a slave to the consumerist cycle. Blech. This is why I still use an analog dayplanner.
Hey I am not judging for choosing PC. Especially a Dell computer because anything with my name is the shiznit. It makes sense why you made your choice. If apple doesn't have the main programs you work with then getting it would be pretentious and not work smart. I,on the other hand, am very pretentious and I don't have an official job anymore-aside from Molly homemaking baby carrier so you know I had to buy one.The quickbooks on the mac sucks (or I'm just ignorant) and I prefer PC for doing book keeping,but apple is fab for graphic design,blogging and home movies.XOXO
Thumbs up for keeping it real!
And for doing right for the environment!
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