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I was sitting in a sandwich shop, eating a sandwich, as folks who sit in sandwich shops are wont to do. In addition, I was discussing some code with the Macbook Air open and an older woman sitting nearby leaned closer and said, "That's that new Apple right? How is it?" I responded saying that it was great. To that, she replied, "It's so pretty!"
Ok, so this is where the trouble starts. I am a software developer, some might even say a programmer. At times, I have even been referred to as a geek, a nerd, and once was even referred to as a super nerd. At no time have I ever owned, nor will I ever own pretty hardware. Setting this straight right now, the Macbook Air is a sleek, minimalist zen design that is optimized for death, destruction, world domination, and enslaving the mindless populace. It is not pretty. It is not cute. It is not a purple pony or a pink princess. It is a machine that you could kill people with.
I don't know what more people need. It has a solid-state drive, it has a compiler with which I write Objective-C code, I do not play candyland, design wallpaper for dollhouses, or do anything else that might qualify as pretty with the device. My Macbook Air is pretty in that, "I'll bet it has retractable launching razor blades" kind of pretty way.
So in short - do not call my Macbook Air pretty. I may just flip the lid and kill you with it. Either that, or get offended and blog about it - whichever is easier.
See, now I've exposed my weak spot, like the proverbial single scale on the
dragon's belly...
I'm sorry, Kevin, but this is what World Domination looks like:
You are wielding World Domination's letter opener.
The Macbook Air is pure, concentrated pretty. It is nothing but pretty.
Pretty is its number one feature.
@awg Except he's an Obj-C developer and it's probably easier to do his job
so on a laptop running OS X. A better suggestion would be a MacBook.
Cheaper, more versatile, and in comparison to an MBA, a ugly workhorse
block of plastic.
