I, Mac?

I am so clever.

Now, let’s get something straight. I am the last person in the world that would have ever considered buying an I-Book. I hate MAC’s. There silly little buttons confuse me, and I remember getting my disks stuck in the drive. Don’t let me get started on the 1-button mouse. Here’s the story though… My Sharp Mebius (a fantastic slim labtop) broke. It was hurtin’. Now, since I have a desktop (and 2 if you count my Linux/MythTV server!! It’s cool!) I only used my labtop for school work. All I needed was simple:

1. Internet
2. Word
3. Portability

 I was faced with two choices. Pay 150,000 yen for a new Sharp, or pay 100,000 yen for a new I-book. After looking at the costs, and a good talking too from Greg, I decided to go ahead with the Mac. I figure I needed something portable, something that can do simple things, and I had never before used a MAC and wanted to learn. To be honest it is a little heavy (I figured a little weight was worth the $600 in savings) but other than that…

Best Purchase Ever 

Seriously… no joke. The things is amazing. It looks good, is fast, is intuitive and does everything I want it to. The presentation is amazing, sounds is fantastic, even the packaging was cool. Crap… I used to hate listening to MAC people whine… fact is it was (for the most part) deserved.

It’s not going to replace my desktop anytime soon, but considering that it met my criteria for a substantial amount less than other computers would, it was well worth it.

Here is a picture of my new baby, and the cool Japanese Apple Hanko (<- read what a Hanko is about there.)

Also, look at this swell picture that my good friend Toru drew up. Anyone remember Popeye? Thanks Tommy!!!