We all know that the boy?
Total luddite.
And me?
I’m all about the technogeek stuff.
Although, it’s funny. I sell technology for a living. It’s how I feed my family, put the roof over our heads, pay the bills, etc… yet the coffee pot in the office? Took me two days to figure out.
The new coffee pot the boy bought me for Christmas? We still don’t know how to use all the buttons.
Now, I’ve heard the buzz on Twitter about the big Apple announcement today. I pink puffy heart Apple. I have an iMac. I love it. I have an iPod touch. I can’t live without it. I have a wishlist of Apple items that I want, most notably?
A MacBook Pro. I don’t need one. I can’t afford one. But I WANT one.
And really? I didn’t pay attention to the buzz. I didn’t click on any of the links. I just kinda saw that it was out there.
This morning, the folks on Twitter were more abuzz… there was chatter. And I was left scratching my head, trying to figure out what the tablet really was.
By the time the press conference rolled around, I figured out that it was a big iPod Touch.
And somewhere around 2pm, after the conference and my meeting, I came back to my desk and decided that I wanted it.
And the text message convo that I had with the boy looked something like this:
me: So…. how much do you love me?
the boy: Jhynbvb nb
me: Huh? Is that alot?
the boy: Oops. Butt texting. Very much. Why?
me: The Apple iPad was announced today.
the boy: What’s an ipad?
me: It’s a BIG ipod touch.
the boy: Uh. Ok? Which kid do we need to sell?
me: Guess the price.
the boy: 2k
me: Way lower.
the boy: 500
me: yup
the boy: k. where are we gonna get 500?
me: Well, we aren’t. I was just in covet mode.
the boy: Uh, I’m confused.
me: I was just playing around. I mean, I would love to have it but we don’t have the money. So I can wait.
the boy: Sorry hun. Wish we could. Someday we won’t be poor.
me: it’s ok.
the boy: Gonna be dumb for a second. What’s the purpose of a gigantic touch?
me: book reader. Like a mini-puter.
the boy: You didn’t want a Kindle because you couldn’t feel the pages.
me: You didn’t see this.
the boy: Well, when we aren’t poor, you can have all the idoohickeys you want.
Yes. He said I could have all the iDoohickeys I wanted. Bless his heart.
But really, while that whole conversation struck me as insanely amusing, I really just documented it so that I could bring it back up 50 years from now when we’re done paying for four college educations and have the house and cars paid off.
Wonder what Apple will have put out by then?
So how about you? What are your thoughts on the latest from Apple? Is it something that you’d like to have or not?
Until next time…
Heather…I want one. And not in the “ok, I’ll wait until April 2010 for it to come out” kind of way… More so in the “I’m not sure how I’ve lived without it until now…and I’m pissed it doesn’t come out until April!” sort of way… I want one. iPad will be mine.
When apple comes out with an iflyrod or an irifle or dare I say an iboat? Yeah all over it but a big touch? Nope. Just don’t understand.