Jade green Apples

Sometimes, in my daily life, the fact that Apple is relatively special as a company escapes me. Working with Macs and other Apple products left and right at my work and at home does tend to shift my perception of what is normal in the world of gadgetry. In fact, the problems that I find to be incredibly annoying often center around the shortcomings of my fruit-flavored gizmos. Friends, I’m jaded about Apple. I’ll admit it.

But, once in awhile, I’m reminded of how good I have it. Owen asked me today what he’d have to buy to in order for his fiancée’s computer to support Danish when she arrives here from Denmark. Without missing a beat, I told him that he’d simply have to turn on the Danish language, select a Danish keyboard layout and plug in a Danish keyboard that she’d brought with her from Denmark. Then, I proceeded to mentally lament the fact that she can’t just buy a Danish Apple keyboard here in the States. Woe!

Whoa. Thinking about it a bit further, I just realized that not only does Apple make hundreds of keyboard layouts perfectly compatible with their operating system for no charge, but they also make dozens of translations of their operating system available for non-English speaking users. Further, they sell versions of their hardware tailored for regions around the world when they could just as easily half-ass it with slapping a few different keycaps in and calling it a day. Or no-ass it with just one ‘merican version of their products that those slavish foreigners have to make due with.

So, for just a moment, I’m going to be completely happy with Apple again. Just today.