Tablet Computer Update

Every night (except On Sunday), I visit the Apple® Store (read: fruit-based computer store) in the den of consumerism (read: shopping mall) in Kahala. I am there to exploit the display computers, usually the tablet computers, to minimize the wear and tear on the Nexus 7 tablet computer. I view several technology sites on the Net and also keep track of the arrival of the bus that will return me to the despicable Slob Manor (read: rental housing).

The fruit-based computer store (see image in the link above) is always full of people, mostly snobs who believe that they have incredible net worth. Lots of punk adolescents are running amuck as well. The store employees fit the typical mold in the image which the parent company desires to homogeneously convey. In other words, more snobbery. Incidentally, the "chef" proudly owns a fruit-based tablet computer and "smartphone." Enough said.

I am usually stationed at the first display computer at the left of the entrance. There's a notebook computer, tablet computer, and "smartphone" at each display area. I always opt to use the tablet computer. Thus, I have become extremely acquainted with what I call the "fruit-based tablet computer." At first, I was very impressed. "Tablet computer shame" quickly overcame me, and I was embarrassed to own the Nexus 7 tablet computer.

Nexus 7 2013 Edition

Long story short, I have become indifferent to shame, much as I have become indifferent to fruit-based devices. The snobs and mental midgets that I have encountered in the fruit-based retail store were excellent deterrents. Add to the mix the various boring technology sites on the Net whose sole purpose is to convince sycophants to blindly purchase new, albeit useless, devices. The fruit-based devices are the usual favorites of the sites' non-credentialed pundits. Essentially, they are the same as the "gasbags" on political sites.

The Nexus 7 tablet computer suits me just fine. I have neutered nearly all of the Google® surveillance "apps." I have mummified nearly all of the services. It's just a generic tablet computer now. And, in a standardized drop test, the Nexus 7 did as well as or better than the fruit-based devices. So, why pay more for no additional advantages?