It would seem like the Mac is still a fine selling proposition for the typical computer user. In the days of OS 9 and Windows ubiquity, Apple Macintosh systems were the odd-one out, the Betamax of computers, the also-ran. Legions of Apple evangelists notwithstanding, the handwriting on the wall seemed to be saying the Mac would be doomed to irrelevance in a world of Windows boxes.
Well, here we are in 2012, and a funny thing happened on the way to the marketplace. Unlike the Betamax video player, the Mac is a general use, programmable, all purpose computer. It’s not the technology people are especially fond of under the hood, it’s the things we do with it. Mac seem to be world class media generators, word processors, and social media hotrods and all in a user friendly context that supports the user without bludgeoning them with anti virus alerts and questionable user interface practices.
While I may not be especially fond of the walled garden that Apple is designing for the future of the Mac OS, at the moment, the water is fine, come on in.
Jan 15
