Developers get taste of Intel-based Macs | CNET News.com
OK, the truth of the matter is I love my Macintosh. I’ve got a 17″ PowerBook and it makes me feel hip, young and cool. I understand that the same can be said for buying extremely expensive foreign sports cars, but I can afford the PowerBook.
This past week I’ve been taking a lot of ribbing around the office since Apple announced that they have seen the future and that future is an Intel processor. I have no idea why I’m taking any type of ribbing on the matter since it means that there will be faster Apple computers in the world. I don’t care what the machine runs on, as long as they keep my PowerBook close to the same size and weight (and maintain the moderately low level of fan noise) it could run on a new processor made from cream cheese for all I care.
I also notice in being a Macintosh owner that I often get asked the question, “Why a Mac?” I’m not sure why I get asked this question either really, but let me answer it here for everyone: it is for the look of it. I like how thin it is, light weight it is, and the brushed aluminum is the shit. I also am very fond of the response and feel (the “flex” as some tech heads would refer to it as) of the keyboard from the PowerBook line. It’s just a sexy sexy machine and since there is nothing remotely sexy about me I figure my hardware can at least represent that.
So, to all you Macintosh Developers out there: best of luck on the road ahead and make sure all the damn programs I use will fucking work will you? (How funny is it that Microsoft is one of the companies with the most work ahead of them to have their software run on a MacIntel machine?)
On a completely unrelated note: Today I was watching HBO Family because it had Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on. Now, HBO Family promises never to have a rated R film on the channel but considering Ed Rooney gives the flower delivery guy the finger and calls the Bueller family dog a “little fucker” I’d think they might want to rething their strategy (not that I’m a prude… what family doesn’t have someone saying the word “fuck” every now and then?).