Erika got me an Apple Macbook Pro for Christmas. (Yes, fellas, you move across the country to put your girlfriend through college and it might pay off for you too.) Being an Apple geek, I was painfully aware that rumors pointed to new Macbook Pros at this year’s Macworld show in January, so I was torn. Should I return the Macbook Pro for a refund and wait for the show, or should I keep the laptop she bought me?
I decided to keep the one she bought me because I didn’t have any complaints about it at all. It’s pretty much my dream machine: 4gb of ram, big hard drive, DVD burner, great LED-backlit screen, you name it, and it’s still nice and light. I even talked to her about it and assured her that this was the one for me.
At this year’s Macworld, Steve Jobs introduced the Macbook Air. I’ve always liked thin & light subnotebooks, and I probably would have succumbed to the hype and picked one up if I didn’t already have my Pro. Thankfully, though, I have the Pro, and it’s a better machine for me anyway. I run a virtual machine with Windows for those tasks I just can’t get away from, and the Pro’s 4gb of memory make that a much easier task.
The Apple TV is more enticing, especially since I’m buying a new HDTV as soon as we get to Houston, but I can’t justify it when a Tivo HD costs around the same amount yet does a lot more.
2007 was the year of mucho Apple expenditures, but I think they just might not get any moolah from me this year. I’m surprised - I had money burning a hole in my pocket - but I just can’t bring myself to buy any of those new gadgets.
