My Upgrade Story…
My upgrade story involves a princess, some bicyclists (ok, a lot), and a leopard.For some odd reason, my local Mac store was closed during the week for renovations and thus I couldn’t buy my copy of leopard there. I’m still dumbfounded that they’d close a Mac store (here in Seattle) during the week of a major product release….makes no sense to me. In any case, I was able to find a Mac store near the Univ of Washington campus that was having a launch party.So just before bedtime for my daughter (enter the princess of the story, we decided to make the quick (15 minute) jaunt down to the Mac store to pick up a copy of leopard. Prior to arriving at the store, we got stuck in a traffic jam (which is not surprising as Seattle = Traffic) due to a bicycle rally (enter ’some bicyclists’ part of the story). These bikers were dressed up in their Halloween costumes and there must have been over 1,000 of them. So my princess and I sat in traffic as the bikers rode past us….screaming, yelling, and howling (it was a full moon).Pulling into the Mac parking lot was fun…I’ve never really been an early adopter so I was a little giddy. We walked into the store and were greeted by music blaring, stuffed leopards littering the store, folks lined up, people everywhere…Got my copy of leopard (family pack) and was given 2 stuffed leopards (enter ‘leopard’ of the story….fooled ya, didn’t I), one for my princess the other for my son. Everyone wins!Three hours later I’m playing with quick look, spaces, time machine, and all the other cool features. Apple knows how to make a splash, and they’ve done it again. My favorite feature is a toss up between Quick Look and the screen-sharing feature with ichat. My wife sometimes needs my help, and to be able to see her screen is a huge help to our marriage (no more “honey, do you see [enter trouble shooting tip here]“).