Hurrah !
We have a new laptop !
Someone and I were warmly received at the Apple Store, where a fine young saleslady did a good job selling us this ‘air’ contraption.
I give her credit: she did not push “Summer Rain” but listened to our needs (which were humble) and got us a new laptop hey presto! Better yet, the thralls of Mr. Forbes got all the data out of the old laptop (may it rest in peace) and into the new without fuss.
This new laptop is wafer thin: it feels like two pieces of metal on a hinge. It came in a box no bigger than binder. What an advancement from my first computer, which arrived in huge parcels, covered in cow spots.
So, I shall soon be “back in the saddle”.
Better yet, I have a week’s worth of blogs to catch up. I’ve missed hearing about everybody. Was there are crisis? Great events? No doubt all my blog reads have done amazing and wonderful things in my hiatus. They do that: as soon as I leave the party revs up.
See you soon! Tune in tomorrow!
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November 7, 2012 at 8:51 PM
Erik Rubright
Welcome back to the digital!
November 7, 2012 at 9:24 PM
anne marie in philly
YAYZ! my first home computer (in 1998) also came in cow-spotted boxes; it lasted 10 years.
nothing new in my world, dearie. I am still here, which is enough for me.
November 7, 2012 at 9:43 PM
Tai
That’s awesome!
November 7, 2012 at 10:55 PM
Jay
Congratulations, Once I get my teeth paid for I shall start on a new computer. Mine has some problems but thankfully is still working. I am glad your prediction about the election turned out to be incorrect.
November 8, 2012 at 2:42 AM
Rick
Good for you! Just the Apple department in Best Buy is so alluring it’s hard to resist. Glad you made it home safely with your new toy. Seems to be all to common here in the Houston area for people to be stalked, rolled, mugged, after making a purchase at the Apple Stores.
November 8, 2012 at 6:27 AM
Urspo
You are the 2nd person who has warned me about Apple products being the targets of crime; I need to be watchful !
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November 8, 2012 at 3:58 AM
wfregosi
I’ve had that impression about some of the new generation of laptops — that there’s almost nothing there.
November 8, 2012 at 4:04 AM
Blobby
I love my Mac Air. I hate that our house had to be robbed in order to get it, but it’s a great piece of machinery and I don’t know how I carted that MacPro around
November 8, 2012 at 6:26 AM
Urspo
I am always glad to hear from you! It feels odd, carrying around ‘next to nothing’ – I feel like I could easily bend it if I am careless. But, oh! what a light burden it is compared to the dell laptop of 5-10 years ago, which feels like a stone in comparision.
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November 8, 2012 at 5:44 AM
Ray
Congrats to you. you will have to let us know how it is still wroking a couple months from now.
Hugs
Ray
November 8, 2012 at 6:19 AM
Ron
Aren’t those Apple stores amazing? I dare anyone to go in and come out empty handed. While visiting the Philadelphia Flower Show this past March I happened to wander in one on Chestnut Street just to “look around.” A cutie salesman approaches me and I when I left, I walked out with a newly purchased Macbook Pro! When I got home and checked my e-mail and saw my receipt (Apple stores don’t have checkout registers) I was stunned to see I had a $127.00 charge for SALES TAX! WTF? Me, who constantly brags about living in a sales tax free state purchased my $2,100 MacBook Pro (with maintenance agreement yet) had just purchased an expensive computer in a city (Philadelphia) and a state (Pennsylvania) with an 8% sales tax! That is just how good those Apple Store guys are. However, after all is said and done, I am very happy with my MacBook Pro I love it!
November 8, 2012 at 6:24 AM
Urspo
Alas, I’ve had little time to examine it and get to know it better – I hope this weekend. But I am glad to see all my blogs are still tagged – I look forward to catching up!
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November 8, 2012 at 6:46 AM
victorinvermont
I got my Airbook this summer. This was my first laptop that did not come with a cd drive, or even an option for one. You can buy an external one, just like you could when floppy was on its way out too.
I love my Air too. The battery life is shorter than it was with my last MacbookPro, and the plug, which is different as of June than the old Pro plus plug, broke. I’ve had to buy another.I noticed in the reviews of products in the Apple store online that many have had this problem. Other than these observations/issues the Air has been fine. With less moving parts it’s supposed to be faster. I don’t think it’s faster and I think it has a harder time recovering from being closed. But whatever, it’s fine. And so light! It was a gift from a client, and my first new laptop in a few years so I am loving it. Congratulations on your new Airbook!
November 8, 2012 at 4:33 PM
Urspo
I look forward to dropping by your blog and getting caught up!
Sent from nowhere in particular.
November 8, 2012 at 1:18 PM
truthspew
The only drawback to the Air is the lack of external CD/DVD/Blu-Ray. But that’s going the way of the do-do anyhow.
Space is my big issue – 128GB isn’t enough.
November 9, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Mitchell Block
Oh, I really want one. (But then I’m glad I don’t have to fork out the cash for one right now!)
November 19, 2012 at 7:40 PM
Mark Alexander
Congratulations! And welcome to the dark side (if you weren’t already a member). I love my Air.