Antici….pation February 15, 2008 ~ 1:41 pm
Posted by Julie in : Technobabble , comments closedWhen I was little, I was the kid who couldn’t sleep on Christmas Eve for the thought of all the loot to come. Actually, we were probably all like that, but I’ve never lost it. If I know I’m going to get something? HolyshitIwantitrightnowcan’twait! And thus is the saga with the MacBook.
After some emailing back and forth with Vince, I’ve decided to go the way of the MacBook Pro. The review Vince posted two days ago about the MacBook Air, along with this one, decided me against an Air. Yes, it’s pretty, yes, it’s light, but when a review tells me that this should not be your primary computer or maybe even your secondary, and that’s what I really want? Bye, Air. Also, the fact that I would have to buy an external CD-ROM/RW/DVD/whatever drive because it doesn’t come with an internal one (that’s why it’s so light, peeps), and that it’s slower than a MacBook? Game over.
So, a Pro. Which with my educational discount (thank you, SomeCollege!) is the same price as the Air with the USB drive. The screen is bigger, it runs fast, I am in! But then today I start looking around the Mac forums and see this. Looks like the Pros are going to get that trackpad that I loved so much on the Air. And will run faster. And this will be happening in the next couple of weeks, by the sound of it. Well, I was going to have to wait until March for my refund check anyway, so this is doable. And the last time I bought a Mac, my beloved little iBook which bricked, Apple came out with a new version with double the memory a week later. I talked them into giving me some cash back, but on the whole, I would rather have had that extra memory. Not going to make that mistake again, I will wait, ta very much.
But the waiting, it has never been my strong suit, and that is putting it mildly. Gah!
