I had a list of excuses ready, but it’s not worth it - I now own a Apple Macbook, and it’s great. I won’t feign disgust about becoming a laptop-carrying member of the sheep generation, the machine is pretty (very pretty), and it all works out’ve the box. My final salvation lies in the circumstances in which I came to own it; it was deemed a bonus from my ever-generous boss, which was a lovely gesture, and now I am able to enjoy it mostly guilt-free. Don’t take this post too seriously (unless you think you should be) - I am very happy at the moment, and just pandering to my urge to write elaborate posts.

OS X is nice, click stuff and stuff happens without too much hassle - I don’t doubt that it’ll still be a bit of a mission to get everything running as I like it (the same with Windows and Linux), but at the moment the fact that it’s Apple software running on Apple hardware makes for a great driver-less experience, everything is already installed and configured. Vista’s widgets and window switcher are obviously “inspired” by the OS X, I don’t want to argue with anyone about it, standing on the shoulders of giants, etc. What’s interesting is that when Vista came out, apparently everyone at the press release ignored the graphical effects, but when Apple has a press release showing the same effects everyone oohs-and-aahs. Leopard is coming out with Spaces (identical to workspaces in Linux), and multi-tabbed terminal windows, and I bet the Apple crowd will attribute them to Apple. Whoo, fanboys.

I’m moving at the end of the month to a nice flat off Roeland Street, in town. Quite looking forward to a change, but also will be sad to leave my current place - had some good times here. Anyway, it’s necessary, I couldn’t commit to another 6-month lease when I don’t know exactly what I’m doing. I’m probably not traveling anywhere, but it is nice to have the freedom to.