What we look like at Starbucks (and thoughts on Apple in Malaysia)

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Two chairs. Two MacBook Air's. One caramel machiatto.
 
I've always told her that we're the 'Air toting couple'. I've not seen such specimens in the wild, as such.
 
But go Apple. Their laptops have gained mainstream popularity. Coffee houses are filled with them. To think, just a few years ago, Macs were such speciality hardware. Today, the amount of Apple Premium Resellers are staggering! Malaysia is also the land of pirated software. I wonder if piracy reduces with the Mac? Recent Mac switchers that have asked me what office software to use, have been sent the OpenOffice.org way for example. And they're loving it!
 
I think Mac uptake has become quite commoditiesd largely thanks to the iPhone. Yes, its not sold here in any official capacity (yet!), but it has done to Malaysia what the iPod did to Windows users. Its made switchers.
 
I need to write about the local iPhone developers for example. I know of a couple. Mainstream Mac software, I think we could still do with developers. But exciting stuff. When does the enterprise start on Macs? When does Apple officially start supporting more ADC goodness in Malaysia? I think time will tell...and we're just a couple years away.