14 DAY TRIAL // Christopher Fowler is a brilliant English novelist living in London (born in Greenwich). He is best known for his work in the dark urban fiction area. His books contain elements of black comedy, anxiety and social satire. Christopher writes novels, short stories, scripts, press articles and reviews, but he also keeps a dark-themed blog up to date every couple of days. According to the writer, all he needs is his ultra-portable MacBook Air to carry out all these activities. The guy simply refuses to learn what the PC can, or can't do!
Christopher is currently writing the Bryant and May mystery novels, which chronicle the adventures of two elderly detectives. His autobiography, ‘Paperboy,’ comes out in February 2009 from Transworld, and he's also producing new short stories for an upcoming collection.
During a recent interview, Fowler revealed he is so satisfied with what the MacBook Air has to offer, that he doesn't even know what the PC is anymore.
When asked “What's your favourite piece of technology?”, Frowler proudly replied “The awesomely cool MacBook Air.” A major winning point was (of course) its “super-light” design. “I always have it with me so that I can blog via my local Wi-Fi coffee shops. Except it means I drink waaaay too much coffee,” he told the interviewers.
On that particular day, the novelist revealed he had used his Air “for uploading treasure hunt clues to [his] website – I'm hiding signed first editions of my books around London and photographing the sites,” he explained.
Fowler did stress that a few new additions would make the Air even more of an asset than it already is. Those include “a push-down track-pad, like on the Pro,” Fowler said, but also stuff like “easier uploading of video footage from my mobile, cross-region DVD functionality,” and more, according to the writer.
Fowler strongly believes the Air will have a very good run, and that it won't be outdated by similar systems - not even those manufactured by Apple. Asked whether he thought the Air would become obsolete in ten years' time, Christopher replied saying “No, just smaller, lighter, with more storage and functionality,” also paying a complement to the laptop's looks.
It was imminent for Mr. Fowler to be faced with answering the question “Mac or PC?” to which he replied with an indifferent tone - “What's a PC?”
Christopher also owns an iPod and doesn't believe robots will rule the world any time soon. His thoughts are more focused on finding a cool-looking eReader right now. Got one in mind for the writer?