Re: [Fed-Talk] Holy Cow - Wow
Re: [Fed-Talk] Holy Cow - Wow
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Holy Cow - Wow
- From: "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 12:35:47 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Holy Cow - Wow
I've done a lot of Apple praise through the years, it has just been
recently with iOS I had beefs... I still think Android is better for
phones, but on the computer front nothing is better right now.
On 5/10/11 10:33 AM, "Link, Peter R." <email@hidden> wrote:
>I guess lightning has struck or h*** has frozen over. Mike actually has
>something nice to say about Apple. Is this really from Mike??????
>
>
>On May 10, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ) wrote:
>
>> I know I've done my share of apple bashing latelyŠ But I want to take a
>>moment and just say how beautiful Apple is on so many fronts.
>>
>> After an iPad and and Android tablet, and still not having what I need
>> and the fact Best Buy had like $200 off of every Mac product last
>>weekend I took my Xoom back to Costco and I bought a MacBook air. It's
>>the perfect combination of portability and powerŠ
>>
>> I got the 256GB SSD versionŠ
>>
>> One wordŠ. WOW!
>>
>> The thing boots up in 3 seconds, it launches Adobe CS5 in like three
>>secondsŠ This MacBook Air is easily 15 times faster than my Quadcore Mac
>>ProŠ I can't even use other things now!
>>
>> But what really was amazing is how everything just workedŠ When I
>>unpacked the Macbook Air, I loaded Office 2011, Adobe CS 5 Master
>>Collection and some other thingsŠ
>>
>> I had to printŠ. When I clicked the magical Print button, the MacBook
>>Air immediately says "Michael Pike's MacPro has a color laser".. I
>>selected it, it read the SAMSUNG drivers FROM the MacPro and printer
>>flawlessly, instantly.
>>
>> It just reminded me of how amazing Apple stuff isŠ There is not a
>>windows configuration in existence that has you up, running, networked
>>and working inside of 15 minutes and I did absolutely nothing technical.
>>
>> I have seen the light, it is SSD :)
>>
>> Mike
>>
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