Difference in CBD layout of Sydney to Singapore is that the main shops in Sydney are mixed up with the high rises of the city centre where most corporate offices are located. hence, when you step out in your lunch break, you can spend your time going around the Hyde park or alternatively, go window shopping. The latter is what I do most of the time, actually, everyday. in the heart of the city, in the middle of George St, is the most eye catching shop of them all, and it is not a clothes shop, its fashion, kinda, Apple store. For me its like a moth to a light, a must go place, every lunch break. Reason? to lust at the sexy Mac computers, to drool at them, watch them till my eyes got satisfied. this continued for months, but I could never muster up courage to go and buy one, it was simply too expensive, although I could afford it. Also, I had just bought a powerhouse machine in Lenovo’s Thinkpad W530 only last year, so spending more on the computing never made a strong case.
However, with temptation so close everyday, and the urge, my weaker side gave in. So yeah, one sunny Friday afternoon after lunch at my work desk (It normally happens on Fridays..something to do with the Friday moods probably), I finally was able to persuade myself, yes, I can now safely buy a Mac, a Macbook Pro 15. When I am writing this, it reminds me of that Jeep ad..I bought a Jeep..feels the same. Well, do I regret it so far, in a couple of weeks? Nope. Macbook pro does live up to the hype and what I have been reading about it in reviews after reviews. Its clean, minimalistic design, simple to use interface and quiet silent operation of the machine itself..its all true, it is not only pleasing, but a totally different class compared to what Windows based laptops I had experienced. Although there is a portion of getting used to it, its just an experience of being with beauty, robustness, simply a different world. I still use Windows at work or my lab for professional learning, this laptop is a different company altogether. But I guess as with Microsoft bringing out garbage after garbage veiled as their operating systems, I was at a stage where I doubted if I wanted to be a Wintel engineer at all. One positive that can be counted was it made me look into other options, to be more entrepreneurial, to change direction. And I guess, mostly sub consciously, a media fed, brand associations, to be seen as 'cool'. But to tell the truth, it does feel really cool to be writing this feed on a Mac. Probably the aesthetics and the cool factor of Mac appeals to many who want to break out of the mould, to be different and in a different mindset. You might argue its all in the head..but who cares.
Of course, the with beauty comes the costs, a new monitor had to be added to the table landscape to allow for a better resolution available these days, the adapters that do not come with the Macbook Pro. It all adds up to a hefty investment. Spending few thousand dollars on a computer was never a plan on my budget, but hey, life's short and its like one of those cravings, that you never regret or even think about..at least when you are in the thick of it.
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