Having pretty much surrendered to the whole Apple thing, I grabbed a free exhibit pass when they were available a few months back and the Big Guy and I headed up to SF Wednesday to see what happens when a critical mass of Macaholics come together.
Strangely, the main objects of devotion, judging by number of booths dedicated to them, are backpacks, carrying cases, covers, jackets and other means of protecting MacBooks (Pro, Air or plain), iPods and iPhones. A close second were headphones. I did pick up a cute little iPhone/iPod accessory called the Hangman for TS1 and me; it plugs into the docking port and provides
None of the software really got my juices flowing but that’s down to my not being a graphics or science geek. The Big Guy is more or less both so he found a few very nice pieces. H&R Block was handing out a free copy of the Basic version of TaxCut so I at least got that for my time. And a can of a not terrible energy drink called BrainTonique at the NewerTech booth.
I did try and get my hands on the MacBook Air but, not willing to wait the 15 or 20 minutes to get close to one of the many demo stations, had to settle for checking out the dangling strings that were hanging from the ceiling at either side of the Apple space. These are the most portable, awesomely designed little computers I’ve had the pleasure of seeing–they really are freaking light and thin!
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