« No Buyer's Remorse - 15 Hours Post Apple Purchase »

I thought that the cold, hard light of day would bring waves of buyer’s remorse, but so far I’m pretty optimistic with the Apple purchase yesterday. That being said, it took 3 hours of waffling, adding and removing different models from my Apple Cart….
But I finally decided, and clicked *Buy NOW*.

In a few days, a delivery will show up at my house.
A spiffy 2008 model 15” Apple MacBook Pro 2.5 Ghz Laptop. Upgraded HD and upgraded Video Card from the entry level 15” MacBook Pro.

Sweet Jesus, what have I done!?!??!!?
(deep breaths)
(it’s going to be OK, I can run windows on it still)

This morning, after shovelling a path for the smapp dog to try and reach the back yard (tunnel still in progress), the first thing I did was figure out the finances associated with Floobergeist Fotos. You see, I’ve got to try and justify the Apple purchase against a fledgeling new business venture. Once I do that, all is well in the world, and I can just sit back and be excited. I wonder if I should have done that step yesterday, before the clicking of the *BUY* button. I wonder if I would have still done it? Likely.

Without the new laptop, Floobergeist isn’t going to get very far. It’s been running on (and I’ve been working on) an OLD P4 desktop that was built in 2002. It’s got all of 256Mb of RAM and a whopping 60 GB hard drive.

:-)


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Comments

[Jorge]

Why would you want to run Windows on a Mac? That's like putting a Civic engine in an RSX body and trying to drive around pretending you're badass.

[jules]

Muahahah!
Nice comparison Jorge.
It's all about not limiting my options.
Blue ocean.
Unlimited Options.

[Jorge]

As long as you got it for good reasons. Anything from Apple is sold as a lifestyle choice. IPODs are middle-of-the-road in terms of sound quality and tech, for example. But their support is A++.

PCs and MACs are two sides of the same coin. Each are good at various things. Both are even good at some of the same things.

Is one better than the other? Probably not.

I find that MAC users are less interested in tinkering, though, which is fine. Designers of MACs are really great at balancing looks and function.

I'm sure Adrian will argue with me.

But if he does, I'll just punch him in the brain. ;)

This is, after all, only my opinion.

J