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by Rob

I got new stuff. Lots of new stuff. Plenty of fodder for posting in the future. For now you should know that in the last couple of months I got a new TiVo, an iPhone, climbing shit, rollers, and today, the big purchase of 2008, a new MacBook. The box was cute and small. They emailed me my receipt (which caused my iPhone to buzz with delight as I was walking out the front door of the Apple Store). Moments after firing it up, my new mac was already performing a full system backup, wirelessly, to my Apple Time Machine. Brenda’s getting my MacBook Pro as soon as I get everything off of it and do a fresh install, and I’m psyched to be an all-Apple house once and for all (and I’m hopeful that the new graphics on the MacBooks will be adequate for my needs; for now, I’m pretty delighted with the keyboard, the form factor, and the new-to-me version of OS X).

4 comments

1 Galen { 01.08.09 at 3:05 am }

So you “downgraded” from a Macbook Pro to a Macbook and it’s still 30% faster on the Radiance benchmark? Sweet! Let me know how you like it. I’m still hanging on to my old 12” Macbook Pro G4 from over 4 years ago. It’s still works but it’s definitely slowing down and I’ve run out of disk space like 10 times now. I’m thinking of settling for the Macbook (new aluminum ones) instead of a Pro, and hearing you make the same move makes me feel better about it. Too bad they cost an arm and a leg in Australia…

2 Rob { 01.08.09 at 8:42 am }

Yeah absolutely. It’s noticeably faster than my MBP; I haven’t put it through all of its paces yet (flight simulators!), but I’m happy with it so far. I do kinda hate the new trackpad though. But that’s more of just getting used to the new one, I think.

3 jimmy { 01.12.09 at 10:00 am }

I got an iPhone for Christmas too - it is SO freaking cool! I had a blackberry before, and the only thing it did marginally better was faster ability to type on it. That is well worth giving up for the other features on the phone. And Galen, Siobhan has that same 12” MBP. We’ll likely be replacing it in the coming year . . .

One question Rob - did you get the white or black phone? =)

4 Rob { 01.12.09 at 3:52 pm }

I got a white one, which for some reason has become the reason for much ridicule from my friends.

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