Note: I originally wrote this up on August 7 but I failed to realize it hadn’t posted properly.
Don’t be flustered if the name makes little sense to you. Apart from the obvious drawing upon similar initials (MBP), there is little else public about my brand spanking new Macbook Pro and her name.
Miss Bellamy (just “Belle” for short) arrived yesternoon, at the security desk and Khalid (one of the various security guards) signed for her delivery. I got bored of waiting for them to write up a pink slip and put it in my mailbox, so I checked the online tracking form manually at around 3:00 PM. When I found that Belle had been waiting for me since noon but had been held up by the guard, I immediately printed off a copy of the online proof of delivery and marched on down to the lobby.
After a few moments of waiting for Khalid to process the parcel and signing for her pick-up, I brought the large box home and carefully (but excitedly) started unpacking her. I have since installed a tonne of stuff, scrapped a tonne of crap (thanks to Herman for pointing out Xslimmer to me), and got a lot of stuff set up just right. In fact, I have only turned on my PC system once since meeting Belle, and that was only when I accidentally bumped into the oversized ON/OFF button. It didn’t mean anything Belle, I swear!
I’m writing you now, thoroughly pleased with my decision to buy a MBP (Macbooks are nice, but are they this sexy?). I’m almost certain no one is particularly interested in the photos I took while unboxing Belle so I won’t go to the trouble of downloading (from my camera) and then uploading (to my server) the pics. Anyway, totally badass. OS X Leopard (I’m on 10.5.4, most up-to-date version, I think) took a little time to get used to but after I did, I am loving it. I wouldn’t go as far as to totally disown Windows (say what you will, but Microsoft and its Windows was really one of the main reasons behind why we’ve got a PC in virtually every home, at least in the Global North, and that’s something to be applauded). I still use an XP iteration (stripped of the bloat and slipstreamed thanks to Adwin) as my Boot Camp to game on.
Anyway, I don’t regret for even a second paying out tonnes of money (which I’ve rationed out of my leftover scholarship funds) for my Pro + Touch + upgrades + accessories. There are a few things I don’t mind spending more than usual on (clothing and shoes are not part of them), and these will be new additions to that small, small list of elite purchases.