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Ramblings
Saturday, September 8, 2007. 6:43 a.m.iMac Anyone who knows me even vaguely knows my sleeping habits are all screwed up. I wake up during the oddest hours of the day / early morning and spend the following thirty minutes trying to rouse myself into a state of complete consciousness. Then I wander around the house or cyberspace, depending on my mood. Today, I opted for the latter and tortured myself by surfing all the Mac sites I know for info on the new iMac. Video blogs, LiveJournal communities, you name it. Apparently, I hate myself (and also have a strange fondness for Mac/PC slash. John Hodgman is so adorable as PC.). It's just so pretty. It's so pretty I could cry. If I could gobble it up or pet it lovingly, I would. To make matters worse, I just found out about Leopard, the new Mac OS. I think my head exploded from the awesomeness. And that's not even taking into account the new iPod Touch and the iPhone. What sucks about this whole thing is, I can't have any of it. Why? Because I don't need it. I have a still-awesome G4 iBook that's never given me a single problem in the two years I've been using it. I have a Windows desktop that still runs well, a great monitor and DVD burner. Yeah, it's Windows so it's a little buggy, and the memory's a paltry 512mb, but I've never needed anything more powerful than that. I also have a classic iPod video that's not even a quarter of the way filled up. And yet, I still want the shiny, new pretty things. I'm such a sucker. Luckily, I'm too practical and too cheap to actually buy these things while my old things still work. But that doesn't stop me from drooling over the new shinies. Ugh. Apple has me by the (figurative) balls. It's not fair. They shouldn't be allowed to put out such awesome-looking products if I can't have them. Boo! I guess the question now is, how long will it be before I cave and make a mad rush to get these very, very expensive toys? I'm laying odds on the last quarter of 2008. Yep. I can be strong. I know it. |
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