2011.12.12
The Switch
Oh, and did I mention I bought a Mac? Yes! A 13 inch MacBook Air, which I won’t call adorable (because I think the 11 inch is moreso), but it certainly is lovely. I haven’t really used a Mac since my college-era PowerMac 7200, so it’s been a bit like using an alien device. It’s been fun to learn a new user experience from scratch, like being young again.
Love: the three fingered gestures, full screen mode, the way type is rendered. Yum.
Do not love: The way nothing seems to be keyboard accessible (especially Launchpad), inconsistent window navigation shortcuts, poor intra-app window management.
Though I’m going to ruin the symmetry by adding some more love things I just thought of: the way it runs silently and cool, the magnetic power plug, the instant wake-from-sleep. The trackpad.
Really? I feel like I’m home. Not even thinking of installing Windows on it — and I really like Windows. With this and the iPad 2, I’m totally the disobedient daughter. But wow, does it feel great. What took me so long?