Its been a long time since I came back to post something here but here goes...
2 years ago, I never would have imagined. to be pulled into the Apple ecosystem. I was a hardcore Android fan since my first ever phone which I purchased in 2011. I would spend hours and hours on rooting and unlocking the boot loaders of my Sony Phones.
Circa 2017 - It was just another weekend when I was headed to T-Mobile store to get the Samsung Galaxy Edge which had a BOGO offer going on. While at the store, one of my co-workers nudged me into getting the iPhone 7 Plus. Eventually, I so fell in awe and love with the fluid UI experience the iPhone that it was only a matter of time before another apple product would make its way into my day to day use.
In early 2018, I started having severe joint pains due to psoriasis. It came to a certain extent where I needed some motivation to walk every day and keep me engaged. My eyes fell on the Apple watch series 2. Having an iPhone made the apple watch a natural fit to share my health data between both the phone and the watch. This was at the beginning of 2018. I would also end up walking 4 miles every day in the trail behind my home.
Come Thanksgiving, I was already looking for a portable computer to consume Netflix and other services. I am a movie buff, so it only made sense for me to go for a tablet. My initial thoughts were not to spend a lot of a Tab, and rather go the safer way of getting a cheaper Amazon Kindle which ran on a forked version of Android. The 9.7-inch 6th generation iPad which would usually sell for 320$ was being sold for 60$ less... around 240$. I could not resist the urge so yes I got an iPad for thanksgiving. Not to mention, I even upgraded to an iPhone XS Max in late 2018.
One last craving which I always had in my mind was to get a high-end Macbook Pro with lots of RAM. Being a SQL Database admin and an ardent follower of technology meant that, I needed my own sandbox space to learn and test the bleeding edge of whatever technology I was working on. Initially, I used to go around apple stores looking for the 32 GB custom Macbook pro. But I wanted more memory power. My mind was leaning towards the Lenovo P series laptops which seemed to have an insane amount of processing and memory power for a portable workstation. But I held on to my guns.
Apple had quietly released the 16'inch version of Macbook pro in late 2019. I started checking the configuration and when I found that a 64 gig machine could be requested, I immediately started plans to get one these babies. In the last week of December, Apple had an offer for 6% cashback on all the hardware it was selling on the store and online(Provided you had an apple credit card). Another surprise was when the store employees mentioned the corporate discount I could get. This brought the entire discount of the laptop by 506$. My pockets were still cut deep post these discount. The price was still almost a month's worth of paycheck on the laptop but I have no regrets about it. This is a dream machine which I wanted for a long time and have it for now and will keep it for as long as I can
Time flies so fast that, it's hard to imagine me appreciating and savouring the Apple ecosystem. It only seemed like yesterday when I was all over the social media - especially on Facebook cursing Itunes as the crappiest piece of software I ever came across. Time changes some aspects of our lives and surely, the influence and appeal of Apple products is something which will always keep me in awe.
In early 2018, I started having severe joint pains due to psoriasis. It came to a certain extent where I needed some motivation to walk every day and keep me engaged. My eyes fell on the Apple watch series 2. Having an iPhone made the apple watch a natural fit to share my health data between both the phone and the watch. This was at the beginning of 2018. I would also end up walking 4 miles every day in the trail behind my home.
Come Thanksgiving, I was already looking for a portable computer to consume Netflix and other services. I am a movie buff, so it only made sense for me to go for a tablet. My initial thoughts were not to spend a lot of a Tab, and rather go the safer way of getting a cheaper Amazon Kindle which ran on a forked version of Android. The 9.7-inch 6th generation iPad which would usually sell for 320$ was being sold for 60$ less... around 240$. I could not resist the urge so yes I got an iPad for thanksgiving. Not to mention, I even upgraded to an iPhone XS Max in late 2018.
One last craving which I always had in my mind was to get a high-end Macbook Pro with lots of RAM. Being a SQL Database admin and an ardent follower of technology meant that, I needed my own sandbox space to learn and test the bleeding edge of whatever technology I was working on. Initially, I used to go around apple stores looking for the 32 GB custom Macbook pro. But I wanted more memory power. My mind was leaning towards the Lenovo P series laptops which seemed to have an insane amount of processing and memory power for a portable workstation. But I held on to my guns.
Apple had quietly released the 16'inch version of Macbook pro in late 2019. I started checking the configuration and when I found that a 64 gig machine could be requested, I immediately started plans to get one these babies. In the last week of December, Apple had an offer for 6% cashback on all the hardware it was selling on the store and online(Provided you had an apple credit card). Another surprise was when the store employees mentioned the corporate discount I could get. This brought the entire discount of the laptop by 506$. My pockets were still cut deep post these discount. The price was still almost a month's worth of paycheck on the laptop but I have no regrets about it. This is a dream machine which I wanted for a long time and have it for now and will keep it for as long as I can
Time flies so fast that, it's hard to imagine me appreciating and savouring the Apple ecosystem. It only seemed like yesterday when I was all over the social media - especially on Facebook cursing Itunes as the crappiest piece of software I ever came across. Time changes some aspects of our lives and surely, the influence and appeal of Apple products is something which will always keep me in awe.
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