I've Joined the MacWorld

Yes, for the first time I am typing my blog on my brand-spankin'new iMac and damn, it's amazing. The screen is a massive 20 inches and all those little pictures at the bottom of my screen scream out at me with a what seem like limitless possibilities.

As yawn-worthy as it may seem like to most of you, this is a huge deal for me. The computer I was using up until today was 9 years old, had 258MB of RAM and ran on Windows ME. There was nothing I could do on it. I couldn't even use my new digital camera with it. The keyboard was encrusted with nine years of dinner and drinks spilled all over. When we picked up the monitor to move it off the desk, layers of dust and crap were lingering underneath. Let's just say, I'm not totally diligent about caring for my electronics. This computer, an HP Pavilion, was a complete embarrassment.

Thanks to a car accident I had a few years ago, I came into a little bit of money and knew my priority was to update my system. I need to do a lot of video editing, so I know I was going the Mac route...there's just no other alternative. I've bee salivating over people's Macs for years...out in public, in private, wherever. If you were privileged to own one of these incredible machines, I wanted to be you. I'm not kidding. Other than price, I just don't understand why anyone would buy a PC. Most of them don't even have a firewire port, for chrissakes!

My desk now has a new look, which involves a lot less clutter. Since the new iMacs are basically just a monitor and keyboard, I now have a lot more open space on my desk, surely to add more crap to. Or at least to put my dinner at night. Still, this giant monitor is basically SCREAMING out at me adding a lot more light to my space in which I usually have little. I light my apartment with Christmas lights and little else at night, using the light from my computer to see. I now have a lot more of it.

Other than my car and sound equipment, I'd say this is the biggest purchase I've made in quite some time. Considering I go through cars like Drew Barrymore goes through men, I expect it to last a lot longer.