Okay, I’m pretty consistently overwhelmed by the integrity of Apple’s products. No one seems to know what real integrity means anymore with regard to software and hardware but somehow Apple has figured it all out.
My four-year old Palm IIIx, which I rely upon, now works with OS X 10.2 (a.k.a. Jaguar) even though it took a while to figure it out and I’m using a serial port connector to sync. I signed up for Apple’s .Mac service which allows you to essentially hot sync your files to their server and to your backup CD-ROM. I now print photographs through iPhoto, which sends files directly to a Kodak processing plant nestled somewhere in the California Hills. And the software that allows iChat to talk with AOL Messenger folks is kind of amazing, plus the new Sherlock has “Web services,” allowing you to find places and things at the expense of the purveyor of places and things.
I know I sound like a shill and I am. Thank G-d I didn’t “switch” or I’d never be able to forgive myself.