With one thing and another, I never got around to posting about my pre-Christmas present. Having been very happy with my Powerbook for the past two years, I’ve been planning to buy a desktop Mac, sometime in January ’05. Originally I had been looking at the PowerMacs, but after getting my hands on an iMac G5 at the Apple store, I began to have second thoughts. <\/p>\n
Initially, I was reluctant to consider an iMac G5. As incredible as the machine is, I’ve always had a problem with computers that have integrated monitors. “What happenens if something breaks? It’s just like a TV with a built-in VCR,” I reasoned. Then one day, it occurred to me that I’d owned just such a machine for years – the Powerbook. After that, reason took over, and I forgot my dislike for integrated monitors (surely a mental holdover from my younger, pro-PC days).<\/p>\n
A couple of weeks before Christmas, the need presented itself. My Powerbook does not have a Superdrive, but Sherri and I wanted to put together a DVD for her parents as a Christmas present. Last year, a Christmas display her family had visited for 40 years closed down, and we shot some video to remember it by. I could produce a video using iMovie, but without a Superdrive I had no way to put it on DVD.<\/p>\n
In an act of ultimate sacrifice, I bought my new computer a month early. I bought the 20″ iMac G5 with the Bluetooth package. What a gorgeous computer. The screen is huge and looks fantastic. The entire design is sleek and elegant. The bluetooth keyboard was an excellent addition, although I’m not using the bluetooth mouse… no amount of love for Apple will ever drive me to use a one-button mouse. <\/p>\n