Bryan Pieper's Blog : Apple

Happy New Year! May you and your family be blessed in 2010 and the years to come! To start off the New Year, I wanted to list off some random thoughts in the tech and online world that have impacted me.

Do you own an iPod, iPhone or a Mac? A decade ago, that idea that one would choose a Mac over a PC was unthinkable. In 2000, I was a PC (and a Linux geek). Today, I am still a Linux geek, while I use a Mac at home and at work. 

The Mac and OS X transformed the consumer computing experience. This transformation has inspired a decade of new ideas and devices making Apple undoubtedly the most influential brand.  As I wrote earlier about the Apple Tablet, it could easily alter the mobile computing space again. Would Windows 7 be what it is today if it wasn’t for Apple?

Online search has changed dramatically. Yahoo is no longer numero uno. Have you used a metacrawler lately? Do you need to “Google it?”  We will see what Bing does this coming decade and what comes about from real-time search.

Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

Have you heard anything about the rumored Apple tablet device?  There is plenty of chatter about the mythical device, so I won’t mention any speculation here.

It is amazing how Apple has managed to generate an extreme amount of publicity about this device.  2010 has even been dubbed as the year of the tablet.There is no other brand on the planet that can generate this kind of buzz and speculation about a product that doesn't exist.

If it surfaces, the tablet could the best thing since the sliced bread! I currently own a Macbook and would love to add this device to my collection. Though, if they make the bonehead move of tying it to a cell phone provider, I’m out.