The setting. A quiet, snowy Saturday night at the Prineas house. John and Sarah sitting on the couch; the kids in bed. Lemon zinger tea has been served
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I highly recommend dragging him along the next time you go to the Apple Store. (Make it for something really inconsequential, so he's not all balking about being "stuck there" -- I do recommend getting a keyboard condom keyboard protector, a thin filmy piece of see-through plastic which helps when you're typing fast, makes the fingers a little stickier to the otherwise slippy metal keys. Non-Mac folks seem to be able to handle "let's just stop by" if they believe you'll be in & out.
Then, chat up a salesperson about your quick-purchase and do it while standing RIGHT NEXT to the dual-boot intel Mac with add-on 17x11 rotating flat screen. If that doesn't make the 8-yr-old in him come out and drool all over the keyboard with the ultimate geekiness obsession with Teh Pretty, ain't nothing will and you can hang it up as a lost cause. If you see him fiddling with the rotating screen and playing with the system, just casually drift away.
But do keep an eye on the time. Last time I let my [censored]-age SO revert to his inner 8-yr old, we were there for almost an hour. Then I saw the price tag of what he thought he might like to get, "y'know, someday, maybe," and just about had apoplexy. So, hrm, consider yourself warned... heh.
Then, chat up a salesperson about your quick-purchase and do it while standing RIGHT NEXT to the dual-boot intel Mac with add-on 17x11 rotating flat screen. If that doesn't make the 8-yr-old in him come out and drool all over the keyboard with the ultimate geekiness obsession with Teh Pretty, ain't nothing will and you can hang it up as a lost cause. If you see him fiddling with the rotating screen and playing with the system, just casually drift away.
But do keep an eye on the time. Last time I let my [censored]-age SO revert to his inner 8-yr old, we were there for almost an hour. Then I saw the price tag of what he thought he might like to get, "y'know, someday, maybe," and just about had apoplexy. So, hrm, consider yourself warned... heh.
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