Thank you Steve

Last night, Carlo and I watched Apple's Keynote Address from Tuesday. As it was over, I said that I missed Steve Jobs. Watching a Keynote Address without Steve was odd. While the new CEO and others presented new products and features, there was still a mood in the room. Something was missing. The camera kept panning over to the audience and there, in the front row was a chair marked 'Reserved'. I didn't think anything of it until this morning.

Carlo woke up to go running and Valentina decided she wanted to wake up too. We played for a while then, I gave her a cookie and came to my computer. Catching up on FB I saw a link that one of my friends shared. 'Steve Jobs dead at 56'. Shock and sadness is what I immediately felt. Did he pass as I was saying those words "I miss Steve"?  Now, many of you probably think I'm a bit silly for writing a post about a man who I don't know. Maybe I am, but this man revolutionized the way we communicate. He had a vision and made sure it came true.

In Jr. High I remember taking a typing class on an actual typewriter. The next year, it was on a computer. Those computers were Macintosh computer. All through High School, that's all we used. I learned how to create papers, graphics, as well as how to use a computer to put together our High School Yearbook. That's what we used. I have many fond memories of late nights at the High School because of Yearbook deadlines and fighting over who needs the computer. They were the coolest computers and they just kept getting better. After graduation, all of my jobs had Dell computers than ran with Microsoft. I had to relearn simple things because they were different from what I had learned in school. It wasn't until I met Carlo that I was reintroduced to the Macs I had used when I was younger.  Carlo had been following Apple for a while and bought his first computer in 2004. He still has it and uses it EVERY SINGLE DAY. You may remember last year when I wrote about the sad Mac when his computer died. Carlo spent months and hundreds of dollars trying to figure out how to get it up and running. He was about to give up when he finally got it working. It was a very happy day in our house. That's one of the good things about using Macs. They're expensive but they last a long time. You can easily upgrade and keeping using it. There are tons of people and companies that buy old computers and sell the parts as spares.

When I met Carlo, he had just pre ordered the new iPod shuffle (2nd generation) and was waiting for it to be shipped. During our courtship, I mentioned that I was looking for a new MP3 player. After we got married, I had to go to the post office to pick up a package. It was addressed to me. It was a new iPod shuffle. Orange and beautiful. It was also engraved with... 'my musical love for your ears. baci' (baci means kisses in italian).  Now 5 years later, we're an Apple family.

I now give you the line up of our Apple collection: past, present & future:

1st generation iPod Shuffle

2004 iMac g4- Carlo's current computer

2006 MacBook white- refurbished- my current computer

2nd generation iPod shuffle- Carlo

2nd generation iPod shuffle- Orange (my gift from Carlo)

3rd generation iPod nano

4th generation iPod nano

1st generation Apple TV- we love it!

1st generation iPod Touch

4th generation iPod Touch

iPhone 4s- soon to be mine... I hope.

As you can see we have had quite a bit of Apple products and I can guarantee that as the years go by, a few will be dropped, some will be added but they will definitely be Apple products.

This company has changed the way we live. The way we hear music, watch movies, play games and keep in touch with our friends and family. All of this, was the vision of one man and to him we say Grazie Mille Steve. We will think of you when the NEW APPLE STORE opens in downtown Torino. (only the 2nd store in Italy to be in the city center. 1st will be/is Bologna)

Apple's homepage - 6/Nov/2011

(and yes.. I did take this as a screenshot from my MacBook)