Well, Apple didn’t debut the Intel Mac Mini nor the Intel iBook as everyone expected at MacWorld last week.  What he did debut was dual-core Intel-based iMacs and a PowerBook replacement called MacBook Pro.  Both of them were a bit out of budget.  What I didn’t factor in was that Mac OS X left a big impression on me from using the Mac Mini for several months, and I miss using the OS.  Since debuting the iMac Core Duo, I’ve been increasingly interested in this high performance, “scrolls like butter” according to Mr. Jobs — er… hot knife through butter — Mac that is capable of truly replacing the PC.

So, I got one.  I got my shipping notice today that its on its way straight from Shanghai, China.

This will be the first “new PC” that I’ve had since my old Gateway 2000 computer in 1998.  All the computers that I’ve had since then were homebuilt and upgraded from homebuilt.  I’m actually happy to be getting away from it, I’m tired of dealing with minor hardware incompatibilities, needing to tweak to get stuff working just right, dealing with heat vs. noise and the thing sounding like a jet engine, and so on.

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