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January 15, 2007

Into the Belly of the Beast...

Is that Apple?  Images3_1

Or Virginia?  Images4

Or both?

Tonight I made the journey from DC out to the burbs to visit the Apple Store in Clarendon.  This was a  trip I had been avoiding for two reasons - 1) I have a painful history with Apple and 2) the Virginia suburbs scare me.

Lets start with Apple.

I have a never-ending series of problems with every Apple product I ever purchased.  Let me be clear - this rant is NOT because of my new gig.  My love/hate relationship with Apple goes back for years. 

And there is really some love there (Shhhh). 

I actually made the switch to a Mac for my home computer for two reasons - to play with photos and music.  I have a lot of both  But its precisely with those two core functions that Apple has pushed me to the limits of my patience.  OK - granted - I don't have much patience and I have even less technical skills.  But still - does it have to be this painful?  I won't go into the gory details - but i got the iPod with a battery-life of 3 songs, the iBook that required 4 new logic boards, and the Powerbook that has mysteriously lost hundreds of my pictures.

And then there is Virginia...

So tonight I threw my Powerbook into a bag and headed to Clarendon.   Virginia.  The roads confuse me.  The people confound me (sorry to my friends there).  The faux "urban villages"   make me giggle.  I loved seeing two people tonight walking their dogs in a "park" in the middle of the mixed-used Market Commons at Clarendon development (a gussied up strip mall).  It was a bit too - Epcot Center - for my taste.  The dogs didn't seem to mind though.  And I survived.  I even got a couple picture frames from Crate and Barrel to show off the Senior snaps of my nephew and niece.

All in all, it was worth the trip.  Got my 'puter fixed (mostly).  Did some suburban shopping.  Did some people watching.  Bumped into a guy I hadn't seen in years...

The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbor - unknown

10:22 PM in Web/Tech |

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T-Train

I love my Mac--so glad I made the switch--and other Apple gadgets. They've never failed me (yet). (And this is not a paid advertisement. lol.) Every time I go into a Mac store, I look at all the things my money CAN'T buy.

Posted by: T-Train | January 17, 2007 at 07:33 AM

Sarah Thurston

Hey!
I just made a TypePad...because I think yours and Suz's is so cool! So you can add me as a favorite if you want (haha)
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Posted by: Sarah Thurston | January 15, 2007 at 11:45 PM

Andy

I went to that apple store once, the whole experience freaked me out. That entire area is SO wierd.

Posted by: Andy | January 15, 2007 at 11:08 PM

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