I have been somewhat off the radar due to the fun and games of setting up my new Mac – I love setting up new computers.. so much fun!
On Wednesday night I raced home in the 100F heat to make a batch of home made pesto for our Chicken pesto pizza dinner and to wait. And wait. And wait.
Bill was going straight to the Apple store after work to pick up my new Macbook Pro. It is home now and it is BEAUTIFUL! I am actually angry that I have waited so long to get one – I should’ve done this six months ago and saved the frustration of using an uber slow computer. My productivity in computer use time has gone through the roof with this new little baby… soooo fast! I can have iTunes and iPhoto running without my external drive. I don’t have to keep the screen on so dark to preserve battery power. I can have Mail.app open AND Safari. I feel like the luckiest girl alive at the moment.
The screen resolution is amazing. Just beautiful. Everything looks better. My photos are popping out the screen.
This purchase caused me to reflect on my computer purchasing history –
1993 – First computer – Amstrad
Purchased my Myer Northland by mum and dad. With a Dot Matrix printer this baby ran Windows 3.1 and was just the best thing ever to play Solitaire on. I did all my homework on it using MS Works. It was awesome. The closest image I could find online that I can remember this computer looking like is this one –
February 14, 1997 –
Under the severe influence of Evan I saved up for a year and bought a new Apple Macintosh Performa Director’s Edition 5400 from IC Technologies in Heidelberg Road. The computer was black and had a TV tuner and remote control. It also cost around $4,000! I was so excited I put the computer in the car and then locked my keys in it. This computer changed my life.
Someone has made a video of their one and this is from Australia. Such great memories of a truly beautiful computer!
June 2002 –
Because I needed to use Access so much for uni, I purchased a HP Desktop with XP. I cannot remember whether this was from Myer or Harvey Norman or Officeworks but either way, it was a quick purchase. This was a really good computer and was great for that time.
November 2005 –
iMac time! I went back to Mac and this iMac was just beautiful. Mum and dad successfully transitioned from using Windows to using Mac because this computer was such a beauty to use.
February 2007 –
Purchase of my MacBook that was a secondary computer for uni that became my main computer when I moved here.
May 2010 –
Original iMac died a slow death… mum and dad ran back to the Apple Store in Ivanhoe (what was the original IC Technologies where I bought my first Mac) to purchase a new Mac and Ev spent the day with them transferring everything from the old one.
June 8, 2011 –
New MacBook Pro purchased from the Apple Store on 14th Street. Here are some photos of the grand opening of my new baby –
Very Sleek –
So much less packaging than my 2007 purchase!
Action shot –
Bits and pieces –
Revealed!
Backlit keyboard is the best invention ever –
