Babysitting a MacBook
I'm writing this entry from "my" new MacBook. Actually, it's my brother's new MacBook. Despite the loonie being above parity against the greenback, Macs are still more expensive north of the border. So, last night, smack in the middle of the release of Leopard, I walked into the Apple Store empty-handed and walked out with a MacBook.
Specifics: 13.3 inch screen, white (a beauty!), 120 Gigs, 1 GB of memory, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.
It would've cost me $1299 + tax, but thanks to the Spanish class that I'm taking I'm still considered a student! So it ended up being $1299 tax included.
I hailed a cab right outside the Apple Store and rushed home so that I could see the MacBook in the flesh. It's beautiful! I chucked aside my laptop PC and have been dedicating all my time to the MacBook.
On Tuesday I head home to deliver it to my brother, but until then it's mine. I feel like a surrogate mother. Since I've already cradled the MacBook in my arms, it'll be that much harder to let go of it come Tuesday. I might just have to put up a fight.
While it is taking time to get used to, I've already forgotten about my real laptop. I might seriously consider switching when the time comes to part with my laptop. Or maybe, just maybe, I'm getting another case of "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence".
Specifics: 13.3 inch screen, white (a beauty!), 120 Gigs, 1 GB of memory, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.
It would've cost me $1299 + tax, but thanks to the Spanish class that I'm taking I'm still considered a student! So it ended up being $1299 tax included.
I hailed a cab right outside the Apple Store and rushed home so that I could see the MacBook in the flesh. It's beautiful! I chucked aside my laptop PC and have been dedicating all my time to the MacBook.
On Tuesday I head home to deliver it to my brother, but until then it's mine. I feel like a surrogate mother. Since I've already cradled the MacBook in my arms, it'll be that much harder to let go of it come Tuesday. I might just have to put up a fight.
While it is taking time to get used to, I've already forgotten about my real laptop. I might seriously consider switching when the time comes to part with my laptop. Or maybe, just maybe, I'm getting another case of "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence".