How strange.
It seems Wiggy has finally decided that Apple's are worth a look. Honestly, it's true. He's apologising for his hypocritical behaviour over on IRC as I write this. Thing is, I'm of the opinion his anti-Apple rhetoric was little more dogmatic rantings. So it's nice to see he's willing to reevaluate with an open mind.
Now, I've always wanted an Apple.
Only the other day I had the misfortune to be in PC World. Overcoming the urge to scream I wandered around the PCs looking at the specifications, laughing at the mistakes, and wondering which bloody price applied to which sodding computer. The urge to kick the next brat to bump into me was almost overwhelming.
When I spied the Apples. Specifically the I-Macs: I've always wanted one you see. So I wandered over to oggle.
Only... well... they looked crap. Nothing like the pictures I've seen, whilst being exactly what the pictures had shown me. The hemispherical base looked comically large. And the shiny white plastic looked dirty and cheap. The swivel arm was cool, only it didn't give me the fine positioning I'd have expected, it sort of jumped about a bit. Not forgetting the speakers which looked tiny, cheap, with the air of something obviously annoying on any desk. The amount of ingrained dirt in the cones made me cringe.
I just knew in my house: with the cat and kids: an I-Mac would look equally crap within a week. Which is why I walked quickly away.