{"id":5487,"date":"2016-02-24T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2016-02-12T16:22:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T16:22:01","slug":"linked-why-the-mac-has-so-much-staying-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/02\/24\/linked-why-the-mac-has-so-much-staying-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Why the Mac has so much staying power&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3030423\/macs\/a-mac-for-all-seasons-why-the-mac-has-so-much-staying-power.html\">via Macworld<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I also can\u2019t discount the power of emotion. I love my Macs\u2014always have. And despite the fact that I carry my iPhone with me everywhere I go, I\u2019ve 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\u2019s an old Blue &amp; 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\u2014and the first laptop I ever owned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Nostalgia is a powerful force, and given that I\u2019ve spent the majority of my life using a Mac, it\u2019s 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\u2019s been there at every stage of my life.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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\u2019t see that changing. The Mac is here to stay, sales have risen despite a downward trend on PC sales and it\u2019s still a great platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Macworld: I also can\u2019t discount the power of emotion. I love my Macs\u2014always have. 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During those six years, I\u2019ve switched my main computer hardware five times: Power Mac G5\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6370,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/11\/16\/linked-a-few-quick-thoughts-about-thursdays-mac-event-in-cupertino\/","url_meta":{"origin":5487,"position":2},"title":"Linked: A few quick thoughts about Thursday\u2019s Mac event in Cupertino","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Six Colors: As for the Mac Pro, iMac, and Mac mini? Bupkis. Seems like we\u2019ll get more new Macs in the spring, and I\u2019d expect the rest of the line to be refreshed then. 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However, there seems to be a good reason for this change \u2026 Progress but nostalgia certainly took a hit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14244,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2026\/04\/09\/my-26-out-of-50-years-of-apple\/","url_meta":{"origin":5487,"position":4},"title":"My 26 out of 50 years of Apple","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In preparing for this post, I went through the archives and I don't have a picture of my first Mac. It was a Macintosh LC III which everyone referred to as \"low cost\" and I got it as a gift from a friend of the family in 1999. 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