Ahhhhh. My Macbook. A piece of… what should I say… art that I use everyday, almost no exceptions.
I got my current Macbook in the beginning of my 10th grade (so almost 2 years ago) because my school required everyone in our school to buy it. When they sent letters telling everyone to buy it, I was shocked, to say the least.
A computer… for everyone?!?
I mean, we already had a computer lab and carts of Windows labtops around the school that were plenty for everyone. Did we really need them?
That’s a question to be answered in another blog post….
After using Windows desktops for my whole life, I was confused when I got this Macbook. I went through every Application that it came with, and was pleased to find that it was so… simple?
And that world – SIMPLE – is the word that summarizes Mac and its success. Just looking at the Macbook – white, plain, clean, yet fresh and with an aura of something religious – mysterious yet comfortable.
The most popular mp3 player in the world – the iPOD - is so simple. It’s just a rectangle with a screen and a circle underneath the screen. Fashionable, slim, and uncomplicated.
One of the greatest things about Macbooks is the fact that its really personalized. You don’t have to change the way you use computers. You can make the Macbook change so that it suits you. One example is the Dashboard.
And with this Dashboard, you can download third-party applications all over the Internet that can make your life easier, which is what machines and technology were essentially originally made for.
Here’s a screenshot of a Dashboard
As you can see, there’s a lotta stuff. A good place to look for popular or cool Widgets is in Apple’s Top 50 Widgets. And here are my favorite 5 widgets:
