iBook Computers: What’s In a Name? Everything!
I read an interesting article today about iBook Computers, that really hit home. I’ve switched to the Mac after many years of PC hell, and I am so happy I did.
Every day, I discover another reason about my experience with Apple and Macs that makes up the whole enjoyable experience.
Take for example, buying a computer. One of my friends recently told me that they wanted a laptop. I was sitting with a PC fan. He rattled off the names of several Toshiba and Sony laptops, names like Portege and VAIO, followed by numbers, letters and so forth.
She asked me what I thought.
I asked her what she thought about getting a Mac. She said she heard great things about them. Then she asked what she should get. Since I knew that she liked and could afford the finer things, I suggested a MacBook Pro.
OK, she asked, grabbing for pen and paper, when I go to the store, what should I ask for. The paper was already filled with all those numbers and letters from PC land.
I said simply, MacBook Pro. That’s all?, she asked. That’s all she said.
Any options?, she wanted to know. Big or small (15 or 17), I said.
Any others? I said, fast or faster?
And that was it. She looked at me incredulously and said, you mean all I have to do is walk into an Apple Store (she had never been in one) and say give me a MacBook Pro 15 inch, and that’s it? I nodded, and she said simply, I want to deal with a company like that. And she went off, easily buying her Mac that afternoon, and is happy as clam with it.
It’s the same buying stuff from the web.
So, when I read this article about how the iBook Computers started it all (along with the PowerBook), it really hit home.
What’s in a name? Quite a bit actually.
Read the entire article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080602645.html