![]() ![]() The young and the restless have been computing for a large chunk of their lives. We are, for the moment, in love.īut where there is passion, there can be a heady collision of opinions. No matter that in the end some of us will find it doesn’t meet our needs, or that baby needs new shoes more than we need another Mac. With one voice we cry, “Save one for me!”. The universal excitement of the new iMac has brought us together like nothing else. And so I poured out my heart for MacTimes in ‘Let Them Eat Cake’. When our administrators call for ‘technology’ they don’t mean ‘innovation’. Oh, and a new (USB) scanner or two as well… There I’ll be, begging for 25 new iMacs, complete with 25 external never-before-tested USB floppy drives and, by the way, a half dozen or so new (USB) printers. Right off, I can see where this is going to be a hard sell. Zilch for backing up, moving, sharing and storage.Even the growing number of teachers with Macs at home are going to have to hang around burning the midnight oil. With their larger hard drives, all we really need at school is a good old floppy drive. They don’t have a desk cluttered with all sorts of legacy peripherals… Wait just a minute! ‘Legacy’! Isn’t that one of those PC euphemisms for stuff that won’t work right after you ‘upgrade to the next level? And I always thought we were the compatibility guys.īy now the time warp is looking a little less urgent, though I still salivate at the thought of a whole school full of these translucent beauties next fall. For all those folks wanting to get their feet wet in the world of computers. You will be surely missed.īut, I remind myself, this beauty is for the entry level consumer. So long QuickCam, Wacom and my new banner-making printer. Adios scanner, both Zips and four-count’em four-APS drives. When I first saw the iMac on the Apple site, it was all I could do to keep from leaping through a time warp and dragging one home. “Let Them Eat Cake” was a typical lightweight piece extolling my enthusiasm (and concern) over the newest Mac. ![]() So I was surprised to get several serious responses to a guest editorial I did in May for MacTimes‘ Thinking Different. As anyone knows who reads the monthly AppleCarts, I write fluff. ![]()
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