I ordered a MacBook Air site unseen. That's a first for me.
As I write this I'm about to go workout and it dawns on me that I'm on my 3rd generation of Apple IPod. I started with the original, switched to a bigger version (to back up all my pics and show off my kids to my friends) and then for the holidays, got myself and wife an ITouch.
Goodbye Ipod. With the new $20 dollar software that I downloaded yesterday, my ITouch gives me music, pictures and now email, calendar and a very cool basic GPS system that leverages the WiFi available. Touchtyping is still impossible for me on it, so it wont ever replace my phone for texting or primary mobile email, but its definitely encroaching on its territory. Solve the keyboard problem for fat fingered typists and I might even buy an IPhone.
I like the ITouch enough that I just sent an email to the Mavs IT head to see how we fans with ITouchs (and Wifi devices like Nokia among others) could leverage WiFi in the American Airlines Center before , during and after Mavs games, HDNet Fights and other events...
After many PC years, I've crossed over. Me the fanboy.
I can't believe I'm becoming an Apple Fanboy
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(Page 4)62. Apple is attractive, but I think I'll probably go Linux before Mac.
Posted at 9:40PM on Jan 27th 2008 by David Mackey
63. Wow, it's a big step to admit oneself is an Apple Fanboy! I haven't admitted myself even.
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Posted at 6:55PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Joel Mueller
64. Mark,
Okay I'm sure you've got plenty of marketing geniuses, but since you've become such a fan of Apple and Macs, why not do a big cross promotion with them? "Macs for Mavs" fan night where towards the end of the season you have a fan appreciation night where a number of lucky fans will get free Apple products? Just a thought. I love Apple products and find them to be the best designed, most user friendly, intuitive products on the market.
And no, I don't work for them. But I should get a kickback from them for this, no? Steve Jobs? You there?? Steve??? : )
Posted at 11:52PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Chris
66. I converted to a MacBook Pro over a year ago and just switched over to an iPhone. I almost went for the Air like you, but then I realized that I didn't really need it. I like that 17" screen. I can see using my iPhone for email and light replies, more and more. Have to see how that goes.
Don't understand why someone with your means would get a Touch and not an iPhone. Waiting for Version 2 makes sense, but the iPhone is the first example of the future of phones. Might as well learn about it now. Goodness knows you have a cell phone already, it isn't like it is bigger or anything.
I felt the real winner in the last MacWorld was the Apple TV offerings. They seem to get it in that area now. Was wondering what you thought.
I'm amused by the comments about having to switch back to a PC, not sure which apps I need that don't run on Mac. If they don't, it is easy enough to boot camp (or the like).
I'm going to turn off my Mac tonight and know it will shut down, then reboot tomorrow. There is no way a PC owner can do the same thing, with the same feeling of absolute security. Waiting for their new Airport with Disk thing next month, going to get one of those too.
Nice Blog entry, keep up the good work.
Posted at 9:03PM on Jan 29th 2008 by Peter Gregory
67. Make sure you get Apple to pay for a few logos to be displayed in AA Arena. Make a Mav gameday widget that brings almost instant Quicktime replays for the fan in the stand. That and a iPod touch game program the fans can subscribe to.
Posted at 10:40AM on Jan 31st 2008 by Robert
68. Seeing as I, myself, am a Mac user. Let me welcome you to the "cult." You know, once you go mac, you will never go back.
Posted at 1:04AM on Feb 2nd 2008 by Hannah Anderson
69. Sorry, anyone who refers to the iPod Touch as "ITouch" can't be a Apple fanboy.
;-)
Posted at 4:51PM on Feb 2nd 2008 by daniel
70. I love Apple kit, owned a Mac Mini for 3 years, they know how to make beautiful stuff, almost bought myself an iMac, so why am I sat here on a nondescript PC running Linux ?. Hmmmmm, the nondescript PC being a quarter the price of an iMac (no monitor in there thoough), was a major factor in the argument......
Nice stuff, but their prices need work.
Posted at 4:13PM on Feb 8th 2008 by Stephen Taylforth
72. I agree, I am not a fan of touch-typing. I have a T-Mobile wing that is pretty solid. But, the Xperia is what I have my eyes on, it looks like it has the goodness of an IPhone, but still gives you a full qwerty keyboard.
Check it out XPERIA
Posted at 2:45PM on Feb 14th 2008 by Traverse Clayton
73. I reccomend the Zune, the Archos line of products for portable media and the Sony ultra thin line of notebooks as an alternative.
In short the Apple products are lacking in features and very expensive in comparison.
I learned this after one of the Apple fanboys at work mentioned they did a product comparison and ended up getting a Zune instead of an their 3rd iPod.
I found the Archos 3 years ago thanks to tech genius Kevin Kelly (kk.org) and today instead of a 32GB iTouch ($499) you can get a 160GB Archos ($379) that has more functionality and even doubles as a DVR, can stream media to and from other devices (WiFi), and supports media formats that are universally compatible. The only thing the Archos doesn't do is connect to a cell phone network.
Posted at 5:05PM on Feb 19th 2008 by Jake Lockley
74. hey Mark, how are you liking the new mac book air?
Posted at 6:18PM on Feb 22nd 2008 by Dustin
75. For the past 20 years I never tried out or purchased an Apple product up until a few weeks ago. I tried out Iphone and since it has completely changed the way I look at the Apple brand and products. The user friendly interface and being able to store lots of music has definitely sold me.
Posted at 12:43PM on Mar 7th 2008 by Ipod rules!
76. This post made my day. Not just that you've become a Mac Fanboy, but that you've started investigating the possibility of an idea I thought of just a few weeks ago.
I live in the D.C. area and was at a Wizards vs. Knicks game. I brought my iPod Touch because I thought that perhaps there would be a wireless network I could access in the Verizon Center and could pull up stats on ESPN.com or other sports sites of the game that aren't currently available to the fans at the game. Unfortunately the only available wireless networks were for Press only... I had to enjoy the game without the extra technology.
It would be great to be able to access additional stats, see shot charts, and even order food and drinks (That could be delivered to me at my seat) all from my iPod Touch, iPhone, or other wireless devices. I'd even pay more just for the service (maybe develop an app with the new iPhone SDK that streamlines this process).
77. Welcome to the family, Mark. GO MAVS! I think it'd be great to have options such as instant replay available to anyone with an iTouch (or similar device) in the AAC. It's the best of both: You're at the game, and you get the replays, interviews, et cetera, that you would see at home. I know this is the Mavs blog, but I'm more of a Stars fan...it's all big D, it's all good. Point being, maybe this could be up and running by October, for the start of the NHL season? That would be just great. I'd even go to a Mavs game if you could make that happen. GO MAVS! GO STARS!!!!!1!!1!
Posted at 1:43AM on Mar 24th 2008 by rprebel
78. Expanding on a couple of the other comments RE: arena wi-fi, check out what Nintendo has done creating a wi-fi environment for the Nintendo DS @ stadiums for the Seattle Mariners and (I believe) the SF Giants -- they might have added other teams later in '07. The pricing is a little high but they're clearly experimenting and no doubt it will come down in time. Hopefully the Mavs and other teams can accelerate that trend.
Posted at 10:18AM on Apr 30th 2008 by Another Chris
61. How can you not type on the touch? My fingers are not thin and I'm phenomenal at typing on this thing. Im assuming you either don't have enough practice and/or you haven't learned how to utilize the auto correction thing.
Posted at 10:39PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Ryan