I have found the Mac's unequaled combination of raw power and operating system elegance an essential and inspiring component of my creative and work related projects. Allow me to explain. I am a radiologist, and in my spare time pursue avid interests in art and music. A few years ago I began incorporating the Mac into these artistic endeavors and marveled at the creative doors this opened. I had already been impressed by the Mac's ability to easily handle all the teleradiology functions I required of it.
Musicians are highly sensitive to their instruments.
I have had this experience often in the years I've played the guitar, and know clearly that one guitar will evoke a completely different mood or style of playing from another. So it was as I was sitting in a music store a few weeks ago, trying out various guitars. It became clear to me as I was playing that the instrument plays a central role in the creative process. In effect, a creative dialogue is established between the artist and the materials he or she is using. So it is with the Mac.