Published by Matt Gondek March 13th, 2008
in apple, computers and mexican.
I’ve had an I-Mac for almost a week. A better performance I did seek. Crashes, freezing, and shut downs are a thing of the past. I can finally surf the net w/out being kicked off at last. My mouse’s click wheel also scrolls from the left to right, so I can navigate poorly design myspace pages all night. I have a desktop pop up that alerts me to new mail. It truly succeeds where my old PC did fail.
Some of you might be thinking, You can have email alerts and a mouse wheel that scrolls left and right on a PC too. Well on a Mac they come standard moron, so go eat a brick and F U.
If I had to compare my IMac to a food, I’d probably say a cheese stick. You don’t really eat them to often, but when you do it’s always a kick. Also, the fun factor (due to peeling off the cheese) makes the overall experience worthwhile. I’ll be rockin’ my Imac for quite awhile.
Published by KP February 23rd, 2008
in apple, technology, computers and food.
I love apples…granny smith, apple pie, apple cider, candy apple.
Here is just another reason for you to love apples too…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jYjnEoxUPQ
Have a splendid weekend!!!
Published by Matt Gondek January 17th, 2008
in apple, technology, Design, advice and computers.
I have two pretty old PC computers at my place that I do all my freelance artwork on. One is a 4 year old desktop, and the other is a 2 year old laptop. Both are in pretty bad shape, because due to them being PC’s, they get a different virus every time I look at them funny. They constantly restart, my usb ports go crazy, or the internet won’t work.
If I went and bought a new PC, the same thing would happen again. I want to try something different. I want a Mac.
Most of the people I mention this to condem me to hell the second I bring it up. Although they don’t technically “have” a mac or use computers for the kind of stuff I do, they hate them and go to great lengths to let me know that I’m making a mistake.
I know that I can get a cheaper PC with more memory and a bigger hard drive. I know less people are going to know how to fix it if it’s breaks. I just want to try something new. I’ve also talked to some people who own a Mac, and DO use it for the same purposes I would and they love it.
Mosley of MrBaconpants.com and I recently had an email conversation and he told me that he is a proud Mac user. He said he has not once gotten a virus, which is a big plus for me. Allot of other people told me that too actually.
I could type a bunch of other reasons why I want to try a Mac, but for all the people who keep telling people like me not to do it.. It all comes down to this. It’s my money.
Published by Matt Gondek January 16th, 2008
in Advertising, apple, technology and computers.
MacWorld was yesterday. It’s the big expo where Macintosh shows off all it’s new products and services, and they showed allot of cool stuff. Here are the three that caught my attention.
Ipod Touch -1.1.1.3:
The first thing I liked was the new operating system for the I-Phone and Touch. It allows you to better organize the icons on your display by moving them around, as well as adding internet hotlinks directly onto the main display. I haven’t upgraded mine yet though, because the new operating system doesn’t run 3rd party software yet. But, I’m sure by the time I’m done typing this sentence, some 15 year old kid somewhere will have figured out how to crack it. What I didn’t like about the new additions for the Touch was that you can now install Maps, Email, Stock, Weather, and Notes… the programs that come free on the I-Phone for $20. Anyone with 20 minutes of free time though can just jailbreak their Touch and get them all for free.
Apple Air:
The new Apple Notebook (pictured above) is about 3/4’s of an inch thick, weighs 3 pounds, and is sexually attractive. Altough it looks good, it’s getting some sass for not being that powerful and leaving out the optical drive. Basically, it’s fine for everyday web browsing, chatting, and running simple programs, but forget trying to do anything labor intensive on it, such as running Photoshop. Also, the expensive $1700 price tag is going to keep allot of people from getting one.
Renting Movies:
Lastly, you can now rent movies for 24 hours and watch them directly on your Ipod. New movies are renting for $3.99, while older ones are going for $2.99 I believe. The only drawback is having to wait 30 days for new releases before you can rent them. Lame
Ever see the commericals for Mac computers with ‘Mac Guy’ and ‘PC Guy?’ I recently saw one where PC guy sings a christmas jingle about buying a PC instead of a Mac. It was awesome! Although these commercials are supposed to make you want to buy a Mac, I actually like PC guy better, he always makes me laugh. Never once have one of these commericals convinced me that I wanted a Mac, I guess Mac Guy just doesn’t do it for me, he’s really not that funny; most of the time he just stands there while PC Guy entertains. PC Guy, on the other hand, is pretty dang funny, I think i will keep my Windows PC computer. Thanks PC Guy!
I recently overheard a conversation between two redneck country looking girls, and one of them was trying to explain to the other how her new I-Pod worked that she bought off her aunt. Apparently she just got it yesterday, and still couldn’t quite figure out how to get her aunt’s music off of it, let alone put hers on. She knew that she needed “some wire” to connect it to her mom’s computer, but she didn’t know how to do it. Getting her CD’s onto the computer was another problem she mentioned. Also, she couldn’t figure out how to get the batteries out, because they looked like it was running low on the screen and she needed to buy some new ones.
How in the hell can it be 2007, and someone in their early 20’s completely not understand how to work a damn I-Pod? I gotta admit though, I did get a kick out of listening to their conversation. Probably the same feeling someone educated gets listening to me talk about ANYTHING. Haha, oh well.
