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.  :)