Yea, I guess that was my way of saying "PC".
It's kind of funny the trend we're seeing in AAPL right now. IMHO their products have ALWAYS been better. They simply got out-marketed by Micro$oft who was able to establish themselves as the standard. Now that those walls are breaking down, people seem to be realizing that the Apple products are not only better, but easier to use and slicker.
I'm not saying that their products are necessarily bad, just that I'm turned off by the over-popularization of electronic gadgetry - it has a lot of downsides and the only upside in a large percentage is a PERCEPTION of increased efficiency, not an actual one.
The trend right now is to use technology and electronics as a substitute for common sense and intelligence. That's a real problem. How many high school graduates today could solve rudimentary math problems without a calculator, laptop or other gizmo? I'd bet precious few.
One of my favorite ways to evaluate whether someone "gets it" or not in my own profession (architectural design) is NOT to give them an AutoCAD competency evaluation (which many expect at interview time), but to slide a blank sheet of paper and a pencil over to them, describe a simple design problem and ask them to sketch out a solution. You'd be surprised how few people can actually do that. Schools seem more concerned today about cranking out good computer terminal occupants that can make the computer draw funky forms, not necessarily developing the gray matter of the individuals they're "teaching". Personally I don't really care how cool your 3D CAD renderings are - can you visualize things in three dimensions without the computer? Can you think about adjacencies and code issues as you plan spaces for people to live and work? Can you "sense" the character of the spaces you are drawing - or are you just directing the computer to slap lines down on a screen without much meaning behind them?
Technology in the right hands for the right purpose is awesome and can be very useful. It really CAN enhance efficiency and solve problems quicker. But it's misused more often than not. I guess that's my core gripe. People don't want the tool to help them do the work better - they want the tool to do the work for them entirely. . .
This is going to become a real problem in the coming years if we keep going down the same path. Yes, gizmos are cool, but "cool toys" are not enough to build or sustain a culture or an economy.