As mentioned in my previous post, my shiny brand new Macbook arrives tomorrow. Being delivered to my office at work by StarTrack Express.
I’m wondering how much actual ‘work’ I’ll be able to get done tomorrow after it arrives.
I’ve spent a lot of the weekend looking in to and acquiring a lot of the software I’m gonna need to load up when I get it.
Also must remember to drop in to the Apple store and pick up a Neoprene glove (Wetsuit material) sleeve for it so I can put it in my backpack.

It’s gonna take me a while to get my savings account back up, but I think this will be a worthwhile investment, I hope so anyway…

So my Macbook is coming on Monday. Along with the accessories to go with it:

• Apple Mightymouse
• Apple USB Keyboard
• Mini-DVI to DVI Adaptor
• Mini-DVI to Video Adaptor (RCA)

I got it all at educational pricing, total AU $1750 including delivery. You might be wondering why I got the DVI adaptor when I only have CRT monitors – you can use a PC DVI-VGA adaptor (bundled with every new graphics card), so this way I get the best of both worlds without paying for two adaptors. I’ll also be getting a one year .Mac subscription, not for the e-mail address but for the 1GB iDisk storage. Also gotta organise some RAM at work next week, I can get 2x 1GB DDR2-667 SODIMMS for about $250. Looking forward to being able to dual boot Debian and XP…

So I’ve ordered the Macbook. Yeah I know I said I wasn’t interested but I guess I changed my mind. Went and played with one some more in the Apple store, it’s certainly thin enough – but I guess I’ll just have to get used to the wide screen.

Apparentely the Intel GMA950 isn’t that bad either, for onboard anyway. It gives similar performance to a GeForce 4 Ti4200, which as I recall was able to play Half-Life 2 on Low Detail. Managed to get the Apple keyboard and mightymouse to go with it, and all the adaptors so I can hook it up to an external display / television.

Last night we set up Debian on the Leechbox (Dual Xeon 450), I’m using Lynx right now, also got TorrentFlux working after some mucking about…

I want a Mac. Not any Mac, a twelve inch PowerPC. After playing around with the new 13″ Macbook (Intel) for half an hour, I knew it wasn’t for me. Too bulky, odd shape, poor battery and Intel GMA graphics.

So, that leaves me with the 12″ iBook, and the 12″ Powerbook. Available in various configurations, I need at least 1.2GHz with 512MB. Powerbooks have a 5-hour battery, iBooks have a 6. Powerbooks usually feature 60GB and a Superdrive, iBooks start with around 40GB and a Combo. They’re identical in size, but the Powerbook weighs slightly more – and I always liked the piano white of the iBook better. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Yep, it’s a Saturday. Still got no lock on the front door, had to use a block of Pepsi cans to keep it shut last night. Just had my usual from Maccas for lunch, and I’m regretting it too, as usual. Apparentely it’s going to rain, I see nothing but blue sky but BOM says otherwise.

I’m broke again too, of course. I keep putting off rebuilding my PC because I know I need to replace all the fans before putting it in to the new case. Maybe I should do something constructive with my time and clean the house, on the other hand I might just play something…