Hello, I'm a Mac.

Revisiting a post from last October 2008 just because it's one of my best buys ever. I can honestly say I am still loving my purchase! It's definitely holding its own in terms of power and performance. It rarely gets a break -- I use it daily at work and at home and can't remember the last time I shut it down. Is that bad? Well, I haven't experienced lagging or a problem yet, so I guess it's alright. Although, I think it's almost time to go in and collect my free battery, but just because it's "free." (Mentioned below.)

new laptop!

...and it glows! :D

after weeks of research (seriously, this was the 4th weekend in a row i'd visited best buy and the apple store specifically to look at laptops) i finally made a purchase--and i love it! as you can see, it's not the new macbook which i was lusting after. instead, i "settled" for the "old" 15.4" macbook pro. experts aka sales promised me that as long as i wasn't a gamer (i'm not) or did serious design imaging (i don't), i wouldn't notice a difference.

this is such a dramatic upgrade from my just 4 year old fujitsu, it's amaaaazing! right now i have safari, iphoto, itunes and ical all running as i transfer all of my music and photos files over while update my calendars with alerts and it's not lagging at all. i never could've done this with my old comp!

i think i made a smart move, too, by getting my new laptop financed through best buy instead of buying it from an apple store. best buy has a no interest for 18 months, same as cash card that i put the total on. that means instead of just paying it off in like, 2 payments + interest, i can leave money in my savings account to earn interest (and not have to starve myself in order to pay for it--ha!) while making monthly payments of about $100 interest free. quite reasonable!

i also got a good 3-year warranty that includes any accidents and parts (i guess batteries for this baby run $250!?) so the warranty practically pays for itself when i--and i will--go in to pick up a second battery in a year.

thank you, shrek, for being so patient and understanding today as i play with my new toy. :)