A New Friend

She came home with me yesterday. She's big. And hefty. She really responds to my touch - she feels so good under my fingers. She listens to me, says what I want her to say, when I want her to say it and is very obedient. Her name is "Luscious" and she's my new Mac Book Pro. I love this thing.

I have never been a Mac aficionado. I have been a Linux evangelist for many years. I always thought if I left Windows, it would be for Linux. But Linux still isn't ready for prime time. And Mac now runs over the top of BSD Unix. The Mac of today is faster and more stable than it has ever been before, it runs on Intel processors, and there are more and better applications than ever. And Windows Vista has finally pissed me off to the point that I will never buy another computer with Windows installed again.

So I am learning a whole new computer system. Macs work a bit differently than do Windoze systems. And they take a bit of getting used to. But, you know, that's the kind of thing I've always found to be fun.

On the other hand, buying the thing was not a simple decision to make. It was expensive, even in light of recent price reductions on this model, which is being superseded by a newer model - bigger drive, more RAM, more advanced graphics system. But, I've managed to justify this by telling myself I deserve it, having been refused permission to show up in Nashville at Blissdom because I don't have a hoo-hoo. Actually, I've been thinking about this for a while. And it just got to be time.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to do everything I need to do.

Peace.