Macs are for music lovers, which apparently there are a lot of

A friend of mine came by on Friday for a few cocktails. We were hanging out and playing guitar and he was telling me about some guys named Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle. I'd heard of Steve Earle, but not Van Zandt.

I popped open my Apple Powerbook and fired up iTunes. He browsed around and introduced me to a bunch of new music. Whenever I heard a song I liked I clicked 'buy now' and downloaded it. He was blown away at how easily I could get music with my computer. At one point in the evening, he said "I'm definitely going to get one of those," referring to the Mac. I think it was when I used the laptop to record his guitar playing with track overdubs using my Mbox.

On Saturday I went to CompUSA and I noticed that they had moved the Apple stuff (which used to be in a remote corner) to the very middle of the store. A law student was eyeing the Powerbooks. I told her that she wouldn't regret getting a Powerbook. She said she liked the Powerbook, but she was tempted to get the iBook so she'd have enough money left over for an iPod.

Comments

[Gregory]

The cool music thing that runs on the Mac that I'm waiting for is the Radio Shark (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/radioshark/index.html).

[Robert]

That's odd Ernie. This weekend I picked up a new Townes Van Zandt record at Borders. It's 10 tracks he cut early in his career. It's called In the Begining and it's good stuff.

[GENIE]

This shows you how much I love Apple computers:

http://www.geniesongs.com/genie/endorsements/apple/g5opening/index.htm

[jbelkin]

For students, Apple had a great deal - think it was extended. Buy a mac portable and an ipod - get $200 rebate - since mac education pricing is about $100 less than regular retail retail - basically, it was buy a mac portable, get an ipod free after rebate.

[TPB, Esq.]

You have never heard of Van Zandt? The man was a god (well, a minor one, but a god nonetheless). Pick upwhatever has "The Ballad of Pancho and Lefty" on it or "Highway Shoes" (effectively covered by Lyle Lovett).