They did it again. Every time I think I’m good to go, Steve Jobs rolls out something I absolutely have to have, usually right after I’ve bought a gadget that’s no damn good anymore.
And all you Windows users really need to get religion. There’s only one company out there that cares about making your computer life easier, and that’s Apple. Case in point? Time Capsule. This even works with PCs, by the way. It’s basically a full-featured wireless base station (router) with a 500 GB or 1 terabyte “server grade” hard drive built in. So? So, you can wirelessly back up all your home or office computers automatically with this thing, and of course it works just fine for setting up your wireless network. There’s nothing like it in the Windows world, and if there were, it wouldn’t work. (You know I’m right.)
And don’t get me started on the new MacBook Air, a .76 inch thick aluminum laptop that introduces a whole new world. Where to start? Let me put it this way: did you read my previous post about all the trouble I had installing OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard) on my MacBook? The problem was the DVD-ROM drive, very picky about what you put inside. Well, the MacBook Air allows you to install software from any computer (even a Windows PC!) on your wireless network. You don’t even need a stinking optical drive. Obviously, I like that.
It would be nice if we didn’t NEED DVDs, and that’s where Apple is headed, eventually dropping physical media entirely. Okay, there’s going to be some bitching. Boy, is there ever. Remember when Apple got rid of the floppy drive? Geez. And that 500 GB hard drive I bought a week ago?
It’s going right back to the vendor, so I can pre-order a Time Capsule.
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