The $500 MacBook
I'm very excited about my new toy, which we ordered online last night after a failed attempt at reaching the Apple Store before closing. Here's how it works: Natania's dad needs a notebook, so we're selling him my G4 iBook for $800. I'm taking that money and putting it toward the MacBook, and then giving my folks my PC. Everyone wins. I even got a free iPod rebate out of the deal, so now I guess I can watch videos on a fancy new gadget. Sometimes I'm ashamed at how much I love new gadgets, but to be honest, we're doing really well, we're putting money away at a nice rate, and thanks to the high resell value of the iBooks, I'm only spending about $500. Easy peasy.
The MacBook is slated to arrive on the 17th, which is two days after we leave for our annual beach vacation at Topsail Island. So much for 5 day shipping. I'm tempted to upgrade the shipping, just so I can have it in my hands before we leave Chapel Hill.
(Warning: To my LiveJournal friends, I'm testing a new method of updating the blog which should echo content from the oldbie site straight into LJ. Feel free to jettison one or the other feeds if you're getting doubles. I realized I missed LJ comments, and it's worth the extra effort. Plus I can lock some posts here every now and again if I feel the need.)