I'm not one of those people who is Apple-centric. Obviously. Nothing against Apple, I think they have beautiful machines that work exceedingly well. I also think you pay alot for the Apple name. I would say 85% of my family and friends have Macs. The only reason I got my first iPhone was because I had AT&T service which had the exclusive rights to the iPhone 1. I loved my iPhone 1. I remember the day I got it: my cousin was an Apple employee at the time and used his discount to buy my sister and me our iPhones. This is when you could activate your phone at home which you cannot do now. He drove to SoCal for Thanksgiving and delivered us our phones. Everyone was jealous, but they were not cheap (even with the discount, they were almost $400 each). Somehow, I managed to wait 3 years for an iPhone 4 which I traded in for a iPhone 5s. I got the iPhone 5s on Black Friday which means the Thanksgiving tradition of getting a new phone continues. Due to my lack of Apple products, the change in the size of charging pins isn't a big deal to me.
One more thing about Apple products: I received a first generation ipod Nano for my birthday back in the day. It worked well and was the determining factor in my decision to get an iPhone. There was a lawsuit regarding the first generation nano (I don't remember the details), but I do remember filling out at form and getting $25 from Apple in the mail. I eventually gave the nano to my mom to use when I got an iPhone. In 2011, there was a 1st generation nano recall due to the potential of the battery failing and becoming incendiary. So I shipped off my 1st generation nano (by this time, my mom had an iPod touch) and received a brand new nano in the mail. I gave this nano to my sister who uses it when she runs. Now you know why I call my ipod nano the gift that keep on giving.
If you include my new chromebook, I've only owned three laptops in my entire life. Well, I did own one desktop at one point. My lack of laptops is mostly a reflection of the theory that the longer I wait, a better laptop can be mine. This type of thinking also applied to the time frames between my iPhones. I wouldn't say I'm a patient person, but I wouldn't say I am impatient person. Mostly it just shows I will put effort into things that I know will pay off. One of my very first posts for this blog was about my first two laptops. I still use my Fujitsu (it is my computer with iTunes so I used it to initiate my stored settings onto my iPhone 5S), but my netbook had been dying since the summer. I was kinda in denial about it, but when I couldn't even turn it on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend...it was time to get a new laptop. Luckily, the very next day was Cyber Monday.
Even though I had been in denial about my netbook dying, I had done some research on laptops. I didn't want to get a MacBook. I didn't need one for work or fun and honestly, I might be too late in the game. I wasn't that impressed with Windows 8 which is touchscreen. What I really wanted was a replacement for my netbook with a camera because I needed to do google hangouts with friends in far off places. I had seen the chromebook commericals and knew the chromebook started at $199. So on Cyber Monday, I immersed myself in finding everything I could about chromebooks. The third generation of chromebooks was just released in mid-November. They come with a solid-state drive (it starts in 7 seconds), an 8.5 hour battery (battery life is the ultimate dealbreaker for me), and an HD camera. However, one of the caveats of a chromebook is you cannot add software to it. Any type of software. It comes with chrome software installed (which instantly updates itself) and all the google apps. Since I use google apps for work, the limitations of a chromebook were not deterring to me. One of the biggest deals Google makes about the Chrome software is that it is virus-free. So far, it has been impenetrable to all viruses. Of course to me, that means one day all chrome software will crash due to a huge virus infection. But perhaps that day is far away instead of being tomorrow. Or maybe I underestimate the mental power behind chrome. The 720 Acer 2G model is only $199 and despite my best efforts, was completely sold out everywhere on Cyber Monday. Luckily, I was able to pick one up at Best Buy two days later. And it really is one of the best purchases I've made.
Last night, I was watching Almost Human in real time (a good show, brought to you by J.J. Abrams whom I recently wrote about in this blog) and saw commercials for the iPhone 5s and chromebook. The iPhone 5s commercial was so heart-warming.
The chromebook commercial I can't find on youtube. I can only describe it as cute. It also made me think about the irony of my electronic purchases. Not many people would buy her 3rd iPhone and a chromebook within a week of each other. As a person who did just that, I would say I'm a person who knows what she wants who simply chooses the best of both worlds. And I would definitely do it again.
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