Freaking out
I’m freaking out because I’m about to decide to buy a new computer for the first time in about 7 years. Yikes. I bought my PowerMac 7200 when I was in college, and since that became useless Lucretia and I have been sharing her iMac — which despite being only the second generation (lime green!) model, is doing quite well after being given new life with RAM upgrade and installtion of delightful OS X. The problem is that both of us tend to be home together often enough that we find this sharing situation sometimes difficult. She has been more than patient about my aimless surfing, but a new machine is still desirable. The time is right, now that Apple has lowered prices on Powerbooks, and another freelance gig is about to fall on my lap. It’ll be a tax write-off for me!
I’m freaking out because 3 grand is a lot to drop when you’re more than semi-unemployed and planning to move to a new city in the next 3 months. But everything I’ve read and heard so far have convinced me that this will be a good thing. My faith in Apple has been renewed since trying Jaguar, so this will be a good way to go another step to explore the things I’ve been wanting to try, including wireless networking and movie authoring.
So here I come, Powerbook 15-inch 1 Ghz! (I’ll be gentle.)
