I also can’t discount the power of emotion. I love my Macs—always have. And despite the fact that I carry my iPhone with me everywhere I go, I’ve never quite developed the same attachment, in part because I trade in my iPhones nearly every year. By contrast, my iMac, on which I type this, is nearing the five-year mark. There’s an old Blue & White G3 sitting next to my desk. Somewhere in the mess that is my office is my PowerBook G3, one of my favorite Macs of all time—and the first laptop I ever owned.
Nostalgia is a powerful force, and given that I’ve spent the majority of my life using a Mac, it’s no surprise how many memories are tied up with the platform. From typing my first stories as an elementary schooler, to writing papers in high-school, to editing videos in college, the Mac’s been there at every stage of my life.
Thanks Dan for writing this. The amount of ink spent on Macintosh is nearly non-existent. When it comes to computing, all of our time is split between a lot of different devices. Apple Operating systems are on my wrist, my TV, my car, computers, NAS in the basement and of course iPad and iPhone (Backpack / Pocket) yet I spend over 80% of my computing time on the Mac. I always have and don’t see that changing. The Mac is here to stay, sales have risen despite a downward trend on PC sales and it’s still a great platform.