IN A WORLD where you could stay a fan boy of a brand such as Apple for life, could you live without your preferred laptop, phone and entertainment system for a week?
Crazy man Anthony Agius, aka @Decryption and co-founder of MacTalk.com.au, is embarking on a 5-day week without Apple to see if he can cope.
“For a full working week, beginning as of 12:01am Monday the 1st of June, I will abandon my Apple products, casting them to the fortress that is my mother’s house,” he said
Can he do it?
Anthony will be giving up the following items:
- 15″ MacBook Pro (Early 2008) – 2.4Ghz CPU, 4GB RAM, 200GB 7200RPM HDD
- 16GB iPhone 3G
- AirPort Express
- AppleTV 40GB
To replace these items he will use:
- HP Pavilion dv6-1143tx – 2.4Ghz CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB 5400RPM HDD
- RIM Blackberry Bold
- Linksys WRT610N
- TiVo
If he doesn’t co crazy, Anthony hopes to document his day by day journey of equivalent products @ http://www.mactalk.com.au/tag/noapple/
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away then I think Anthony is going to be at the doctor every day this week.
So yesterday I trekked off into the distance, all the way to Brisbane, and for what reason you might ask?
Brisbane’s oddly month designed MacTalk meet ups, where the mac kids meet face to face.
Turn out was good, 8 people (three had iPhones).
We chatted about our jobs, and mainly the iPhone, whilst nibbling on wedges and meals.
It was good fun overall, and I know we all can’t wait until the next.
Here’s me!
Here’s everyone else:
Long live Apple.
- Ben
