My Lovey Dovey Apple Techy

So, yes. I used to be a big fat nerd in love with gadgets, computers, IT's, CPU's, giga-bytes, etc. I used to know everything about everything in technological worlds. Intel's Smithfield series with Netburst architecture, AMD's Barcelona architecture, DDR vs. DDR2, L2 vs L3 Cache... I knew everything!

Well, as you see the examples I listed above, I'm old and obsolete. I no longer am up-to-date with today's technology. When I was a student, my budget was limited, so I had to research and make sure to get the best valued products. Now I have more than enough money that I can manage, so I don't care as much anymore, muohahaha.

No, I was joking. I don't have that much money. But, having more money now did contribute to my change. As I started working 8 hours every day and sometimes weekends to compensate my inefficiency from dumb brain. So, I don't have much time following up the latest technology news. Also, since I started making my own money, I am not as desperate to search for the best-valued gadgets.

That being said, I started loving Apple products. Yes. If you're a true nerd, I mean a true poor nerd, you will never look at Apple products. They ARE NOT BEST-VALUED GADGETS, if not over-priced. They look pretty, shiny, "minimalistic", and all that. Sometimes they are arrogant when promoting their products. I never looked at their stuffs either when I was a student, until right before I graduate.

What I like about their products is that... they are worry-free... mostly. Part of the reason I was a big fat nerd before was because of Windows. It just broke so many times that in order to fix them myself, I had to learn lots of stuffs, and that naturally led me to nerdy world. But, Apple products didn't make me learn as much. I mean, they do break from time to time. But spending minimal time on the internet researching for solution works all the time. I've never had to go into like Registry Editor or open one of those .sys files. Most times, I was able to solve the problems still in GUI interface. Many times, problems weren't really problems. It was more of me not configuring things properly.

I see that Windows got a lot better since XP. I also have the latest version, 8.1, on the virtual machine on my MacBook pro. I agree that it is great, 10,000 times better than Windows 95/98. (By the way, MS-DOS 5.3 was the first OS I played with). Microsoft is finally doing things right. If they keep doing it, I may go back to Windows again. I mean, I'm not a maniac of anything. I just love computers and its tech specs although I'm not knowledgeable anymore.

Enough talking. I'll end the post with pictures of some Apple products I have.

iPhone 5S

Macbook Pro Retina, iPad Mini Retina, and Magic Trackpad

Airport Extreme

iMac

빠른생일 따지는 사람들

오랜만에 쓰는 한글 블로그로구나.

이런 경우가 있었다. 두 명의 빠른 84년생이 어떤 곳으로 이주했다, 첫 번째 빠른 84년생은 친구들은 모두 83년생이지만 어차피 새로운 곳으로 이사왔고 복잡한걸 싫어해서 그냥 84년생으로 지내며 83년생에겐 형이라 부르고 84년생과는 친구로 지냈다. 그리고 두 번째 빠른 84년생이 왔는데 그는 빠른 84년생, 즉 83년생 취급을 받고 싶어했다... 이유는 친구들이 전부 83년생이라서...

그래서 약간 꼬이는 상황이 발생했다. 두 번째 빠른 84년생은 83년생들과 친구먹기 시작했고 84년생들에게는 형/오빠 대접을 받았다. 하지만 이 사람은 첫 번째 빠른 84년생에게는 형 대접을 받을 수 없었다. 그렇지만 그 사람은 83년생들에겐 형이라 부른다.

결국 궁여지책으로 첫 번째 빠른 84년생은 두 번째 빠른 84년생이 있을 땐 83년생들과 친구먹고 없을 땐 형으로 대접한다. 이 무슨 머리아픈 상황이...

일반적인 상황으로 봤을 땐 첫 번째 빠른 84년생이 일을 복잡하게 한 걸 수도 있겠다. 빠른년생들이 윗사람 대접받는 건 사실 한국에선 보통 상황이니까. 하지만 인간적으로 좀 이해가 안가는 부분들은 왜 굳이 그 대접을 받고 싶어하는 걸까...

난 85년생인데, 예를 들면 내가 빠른 85년생이랑 친구먹고 싶으면 친구먹을 수 있는 거 아닌가? 물론 그 사람 친구들은 죄다 84년생이겠지만 만약 새로운 곳으로 이주한 경우에, 그 사람 친구들이 84년생이건 아니건 나랑 상관없는 거 아닌가.

내 친구들 중에도 빠른 86년생이 있다. 사실 상관없다. 솔직히 9월생이라 빠른 86년생이랑 아무리 멀어봤자 6개월도 안되는데 1월이 사이에 있다고 형/동생 하는것도 좀 그렇다. 하지만 이런 마음은 빠른85년생에도 느껴진다. 어차피 같은 해에 태어났고 생일이 아닌 해에 따라 나이가 드는 시스템인 만큼 빠른 85년생도 솔직히 동갑으로 치는게 그렇게 문제가 되는 걸까. 가끔은 그런 거 없는 미국식 사고방식이 훨씬 편하다고 느껴진다.

하지만 새파랗게 어린 눈퍼런놈이 "헤이 맨~" 하는것도 정말 못봐주긴 해...

All That Gold iPhone

Yeah, finally, I got the gold iPhone 5s in my hand, like a bauss!!

With my darl Boshin on the screen, I felt like... nothing special. Really. I meant when I heard the release of gold iPhone, I wanted it really bad. I ordered and cancelled so many times on AT&T website and Apple website, trying to get this as quick as I can. Well, I couldn't, and after about a month and half of its release, I finally got it! But really... That was it.

I meant, yeah. It has all those full features with A7 and M7 processor, Fingerprint sensor, more antenna, blah blah blah and blah. Most improvements made on iPhone 5s, you won't really get any benefits from them. Maybe developers and mobile business... They may find Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) useful. But if you have had iPhone 5, you won't notice much difference. I had iPhone 5 for 3 months before this phone.

Actually I knew this. I knew all this. That's why I got the gold one. Because 5s is so not different from its previous generation, the only way I let others know I got the 5s was to have the gold one, since gold color was first introduced on 5s. Well, call me a superficial guy bragging about all his latest gadgets. Get envious! And question yourself for why you can't be like me, muogahahahajajaha.

Anyway, to wrap up my bragging, iPhone 5s gold wasn't all that special. Unless you're an early adapter like me, I don't recommend this as a must-have gadget. Wait for iPhone 6.