Comments on: Fort Worth Mom Blog: Does an Old Apple Notebook Still Make Me Cool?

By: LinkLove — I’m bad at it. | The Cowtown Chronicles

LinkLove — I’m bad at it. | The Cowtown Chronicles — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:04:59 +0000

[...] more hip (as you have no doubt noticed by now, since you are now one of us), and yes, even an old Apple Notebook makes you [...]

By: Suellen Jacob

Suellen Jacob — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:01:54 +0000

My Environmental Science teacher is harsh on the current consumerism. He points out how long we could actually use some of the things that we throw away and replace. I think we could reduce a lot of waste using things until they are really, really broken (and also by reducing packaging).

By: Sonja

Sonja — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:18:30 +0000

Thanks to Ken and Mike, I now feel like I really am a cool Apple person. Wow. It’s good to be in the club.

By: Ken Morrill

Ken Morrill — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:04:43 +0000

Sonja, It is design that makes Apples different. Even when the difference doesn’t show up in any way that can be measured, it is felt by the user who falls in love with the care that was taken to connect parts of the user experience in a way that makes sense.

By: Sonja

Sonja — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:54:17 +0000

Mike, you are such a good guy, on twitter and on the rest of the web. You’re also right about a lot of technical stuff, and I think that includes the Mac. When I first got it, it was just another laptop, but now — it’s become something more. I’m not sure why, but I am convinced that Apples ARE different.

By: Sonja

Sonja — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:52:54 +0000

Thanks! I agree that marketing is often destructive, and have long been fighting my own private war with conventional consumer expectations. I am trying to create my own program of alternative consumerism. Perhaps this blog can be a way of carrying that message.

By: Ken Morrill

Ken Morrill — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:24:17 +0000

I like how you are putting into practice the rule I tell myself when new things beg me to buy them: “Use what you have!” Besides the obvious coolness that any working Mac bestows, the coolest thing about you in my view is the way you are using something which works perfectly well for what you want in the face of new products that roll out so often from that amazing company. I know how much discipline it takes to be satisfied when buffeted by marketing whose aim is to disrupt satisfaction. Using what we have and being satisfied is great gain. It doesn’t hurt that you are cool doing it.

By: Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:56:19 +0000

Yeah, having any Mac makes you cool. Of course, I’m biased, having had 20+ since my first one in 1984!

Thing is, they are so durable they continue to work after PC’s, particularly notebooks, are in the landfill. I have a 6-year-old PowerBook G3 that still cranks along, and is great for internet and email.

So, enjoy your old Mac — and do replace that key!