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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Saturday, June 11, 2005What's with the fascination about being fastest?Java Rants asks, "Will partnering with Intel give Apple a computer faster than a PC?"Who cares? The very act of pointing out that you have the "fastest PC in the world" is a demonstration of immaturity. Plus, that title--assuming it's even true--will be stripped away from you within nanoseconds anyway. That should never be the point of the Mac platform. It certainly isn't the point now. To me, the Mac is about synthesis. It's about the synthesis of hardware and software, creating that "It Just Works" thing that we should--and do--value so much. The Mac is about the synthesis of design and aesthetics, taken even to the point of absurdity. (Case in point: You'll never see a 9-in-1 media reader on a Mac, no matter how useful it would be.) In other words, the Mac is unique. The Mac isn't the fastest computer, and probably never will be. The Mac isn't the cheapest computer, but that doesn't matter either. The Mac isn't necessarily the easiest computer to use, though many people believe that to be so. It doesn't matter. The things that make the Mac a Mac are intangible. They can't be measured. So when you start talking about "fastest," "easiest," or even "most secure," I just have to shake my head. Who cares? The Mac is the Mac, and that's why it's special. If you don't get that, you don't get the Mac at all. [ Posted at 5:42 PM | Permalink ]
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