What has the world come to?

I can't explain it. Okay, maybe I can. I've lusted after one for quite some time now. You see, we were old friends. Back in the day, it was there for me. To help with homework, or just to get away to Oregon or somewhere else in the world. But then I was waylaid. For the next 15 years, I joined the other crowd. And I felt like part of a group. But it was always in the back of my head. And lo, last week I found a reason to return.

I bought a Macintosh.

Now I know what some of you (like Jake) are saying. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT!?" Well, I don't really have an answer, but here are some excuses:

1. With the impending Move To China (TM), I am reluctant to use my work laptop for personal use. Something about they scan the hard drive and email and stuff. The Mac will fill in nicely here and still let me use Windows when I need to.
2. OS X. I've wanted to try it. It looks damn cool. It's slick. Maybe it's all fluff, but I don't think so. Yes, for a while it will be hard to do things. Where is that Windows key, anyways? But I think once I get the system down, it will be fine.
3. To be different. For 15 years it was Windows 3.0, 3.1, 95, 98, ME (oops), 2000, and then XP. I just want to use something that not everyone else does too. If you don't like it, too bad.