For my zero readers out there, you may have noticed I have not posted in about a year prior to this past week. There are several factors for my disapearance (lack of time (busy at work, kids, etc), lack of motivation), but the biggest factor is because of the computer situation.
In March of 2010 my laptop contracted a virus and I was unable to access the internet (I strongly recommend keeping your antivirus software up to date)! So I bought an Asus Eee netbook. The netbook was attractive because it was cheap (just $300) and small. I continued posting with the netbook, but then the hard drive crashed (by no fault of my own). I sent the computer back and they replaced the hard drive for free because it was within the warranty period. Then in March of 2011, we went on a family vacation to Disney and I carried on the netbook along with my iPad on the plane. When I was unpacking at the hotel, the netbook screen was shattered. I could not believe it! The iPad screen was perfect but the netbook was destroyed!?!?!?!? (testament to the quality of iPad hardware vs netbook hardware)
So within one year one laptop was killed with virus and I replaced it with a netbook which broke twice. WTF?!?! I was upset and not ready to spend new money on yet another laptop, and not going to invest in having the old laptop formatted and reloaded because the hardware was old. So I decided to see if the iPad could go it alone. I started using the iPad exclusively using LOGMEIN software so I could access my desktop at work and still have windows, which is required for my job. It worked pretty good, but it obviously is not good for typing long entries, etc, and the blog suffered.
Last week I decided to bite the bullet and get a new laptop. But I decided to change it up and get an Apple Air book. It was a tough decision because the Apple is $1,000 vs a netbook of $300 or a regular laptop for $6-700 or so. Another key point was that I still need windows for work. I figured I still have LOGMEIN, which works well. I can also load windows on the apple. While I have not done that yet, I still may.
As far as price goes, I am hoping the higher quality of hardware will allow the air to last several more years than a netbook would. You can just tell it is put together ten times better than the Asus netbook.
The mac software took a little getting used to, but I feel pretty comfortable with it already. I was worried because I haven't used a mac since college!
In conclusion, I am happy with the purchase. HOWEVA, if this air book crashes or breaks it will cause me to bleed baby blood from my eyes (I plan on taking care of this baby(!
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