I want one, yea I even hope for one, my next computer will surely be a MacBook, but at this point it is only a hope. After all, Tim Challies, the author of The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment is now a Mac user; it must be the spiritual thing to do. At this point I am ok, that is, I’m not obsessing. I’m content with my Vaio, I don’t resent it, haven’t cursed it, and am not thinking of ways to “accidently” break it. I know however that my hope could easily go haywire in two separate but related ways.
First I could constantly meditate on all the little quirks, faults, and errors my Vaio commits. Sometimes my function keys will control the volume and display as they should, and at sometimes they want me to assign that key a function first. Not to worry, if you don’t like the way your PC works, put it to sleep and wake it up again, it will never perform exactly the same way twice. PC’s are more like humans in this way. For instance it is always an adventure to discover which icons will show their face in the lower-right notification area. The most irritating and frequently absent member of this icon family is the volume control. My Logos Bible Software plays an annoying little ditty (other than this ditty, I really love Logos) when I start it up every morning. So prior to Logos initiation I mouse over to the little volume icon, but alas it has taken the day off. So I go to press the function key with the mute symbol emblazoned on it; instead of muting it acts confused, telling me that I need to tell it what it is supposed to do. As a result I then have to listen to the hated Logos ditty; it is not going to be a very spiritual day.
Or I could simply meditate on the bliss that a MacBook Pro would bring. I could research it, finding out that it was made out of a single piece of aluminum, how the keyboard perfectly cut for the keys and illuminated, and that the mouse pad has no buttons, instinctively discerning the way you use your fingers as certain commands. But I wouldn’t do such research now, it is best not to awaken love until it pleases (Song of Songs 2:7; 3:5; 8:4), right?
If I were assured of a MacBook it would heighten my anticipation and excitement. Inversely I am sure I would grow more dissatisfied with my Vaio. The weeks preceding the expected arrival would be intense. I would be… yes, giddy! Intolerable giddy. It would rob my thoughts and affections.
Has Christ so arrested your heart and mind? Do you anticipate His return all the more growing dissatisfied with Satan’s poor substitutes? Do you fuel your faith by meditating on Him? Do you live as a giddy fool, expecting your great reward? This world does not function. Renewed, perfectly designed bliss is awaiting me. I will not invest in software or peripherals to maximize my Vaio when a MacBook is expected.
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It’s a well kept secret that Mac Users don’t want you to know, but Macs have just as many little quirks, faults, and errors as PC’s do. Not to mention there’s no right-click feature. What’s up with that?
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