Back in July 2003 I bought an iPod. I went with the mid-range
model (15 gig). After some
work
I got it reformatted to work with Linux, and I've been using
it every day since then. It's a great little device; well-
designed, small, and does everything a portable music player
needs to do. My car stereo even has an external input jack,
so I can take my music from home to car to work with no problems,
and no more carrying CDs around. CDs are soooooo
20th-century anyways.
I've never owned or really used an Apple product before I
got my Ipod. Given the amazing design and attention to detail,
coupled with the UNIX base of the new OS X, I figured an iMac
would be a great machine. And I was quite right.
In October 2004 Apple announced a new special edition iPod in
conjunction with U2. It's a black and red version of the 20g
4th generation model. Being a U2 fan, I had to get one. The
pictures certainly don't do it justice; the gloss black finish
and the matte red click wheel look great.
So there's another addition to my Apple collection... A new
15\" PowerBook G4.
I've never had a laptop before, so it's taking some time to get used to the trackpad.
The machine itself is just so well designed and built. With the neat little
Airport
Express thingy, I can wirelessly hook into my home network and also stream iTunes
music to my home stereo.
I also wrote a little Mac OS X application...