The world is changing.  This is officially the very first blog post that I have typed on a Mac.  I know… crazy, isn’t it?  Why am I doing that, you ask?  No, I didn’t borrow Ricky’s computer.  No, I didn’t Hackintosh my netbook again.  I actually bought my very own, very first, Mac.  O. M. G.

Yep, I did it.  I bit the bullet.  I have considered getting a Mac for a while, and I knew it would be a MacBook (aka laptop).  Ricky, of course, praises the whole Mac experience.  I have used Macs a bit, at work when I was at IUPUI as well as when I have borrowed Ricky’s or “Hackintoshed” my own Dell netbook for a while.  But I never really saw the need to spend so much extra money on a laptop when I could get one for 1/4^th the price of what a MacBook would cost me.  But then I started hearing from people about how long Macs last, and that the extra cost was worth the extra investment.  And I decided they were right.  These reasons, along with a couple more, prompted me to make the decision to finally purchase my own.  I got an education discount on it because I’m a student at IU, and right now they are also offering a special where you can get a free iPod as well.  I didn’t need an iPod touch, but I thought a new iPod Nano would be nice to use for exercising, since lately I’ve been using my iPhone.  And it’s kind of inconvenient (plus scary, if you think about the possibility of dropping it!) to have to carry my iPhone with me when I go jogging.  So I snagged a purple (of course) 16GB iPod Nano along with my new MacBook.

After anxiously awaiting the shipping period of a week, my new MacBook Pro (along with the Nano) arrived today via FedEx.  I was VERY excited.  I’d been tracking them both on FedEx every day since I ordered them.  And now, here they are!  It’s really interesting, kind of a new feeling for me, or at least one that I haven’t felt in a very long time… using a computer that I don’t know everything about.  I have been using a PC with Windows since 1995, and computers in general for even longer than that, since I was about 12 years old or younger.  I mean, I know my way around a Mac well enough – but it is still definitely an unfamiliar operating system and NOT one that I know everything about.  It’s kind of cool, though… it’s rekindled my passion for learning about computers.  I’m very excited to learn my way around Mac OS X, and hopefully even try my hand at programming iPhone apps at some point.  I know, I know… those of you out there that have tried it say that the language sucks.  But I may give it a shot anyway, just to see for myself.

So here I am, blogging on my brand new (and very first) MacBook.  I hope we have a lasting and wonderful relationship!