Oh my god, I was such an Apple virgin that I’m embarrassed to link to this post regarding what I had done in 2007.  I will embarrassingly quote myself, “I ordered an Apple Book Pro” and correctly say that I ordered a MacBook Pro; Although I’ve never gone on to order the rest of the stuff I wanted primarily because the MacBook has kept me going.    What I am totally amazed is that I wrote that post in September of 2007 and it is now August 2010 and my MacBook Pro is STILL going strong.    I have little reason to upgrade to a new one at the moment and it runs just as smooth despite upgrading the OS from Tiger to Leopard to Snow Leopard over the past three years.

I still can’t believe that I’ve had the same laptop for three years and I only realized this as I was cleaning up some files and I came across tax returns for 2007, 2008 and 2009 on my laptop!  My general rule in the PC/Windows world was that after 18 months, it was time to order a new laptop.   The cheap plastic and other components most PC makers use is sheer crap and I’ve always tossed a laptop after 18 months as the hinges crack, the plastic cracks, and components fail.   All of this brings me to think that we’re now in the Golden Age of Computing.   I am salivating over the iPad and I can’t wait to buy one this Christmas as a treat for myself.  To be honest, I plan on buying one for everyone in my family, the wife, kids, myself and if I have the money perhaps some siblings too.

With iPods, iPads, iPhones, iMacs, MacBooks and Steve Jobs we are living in the golden age of computing.   Enjoy it while it lasts people!