new computer

I bought a MacBook yesterday.

My PC is about 5 years old (my parents got it for me when I was a sophomore in college), and it's been getting really slow lately.

I refused to get a computer with Vista, since I've heard nothing but bad things. Since most of the new PC's come with Vista pre-installed, my only option was to get a Mac.

I haven't used a Mac regularly since I was in elementary school so I was a little hesitant at first, thinking that the learning curve might be really steep. But, I did learn Linux essentially on my own and Macs are supposed to be very user-friendly so I figured I'd give it a shot.

It took me maybe an hour or two yesterday to get used to the new interface/keyboard shortcuts. I'm pretty sure there's still a lot of really cool stuff on the Mac that I need to read up on and explore on my own, but so far I'm pretty happy with it. It's a lot faster than my old computer and is very slick. And if you know me, you know that I'm all about style.
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I had pretty much made up my mind about what kind of computer I wanted, but the Apple store was really busy so I had to sit with this other couple who had a million questions before the salesguy would ring me up. While I was at the cash register checking out, the lady next to my salesguy complimented me on my watch. I was completely distracted. I don't get complimented very often (let alone by strangers), and it threw me off. They probably could have charged me another thousand dollars and I would have signed on the line.