First things first…a moment of silence.

R.I.P. - 4/2004 - 9/2006

Denny Duquette My work laptop went into cardiac arrest yesterday at 11:44 a.m.

After spending far too many hours trying to resuscitate it, Dr. McUberHusband and I declared it officially dead this morning, then gutted it to save my files on the hard drive.

We mourned it’s death for about half an hour, then headed out to the Apple Store. Enough was enough. Two of my co-workers have been breathing down my neck for the last two years, and making fun of me when I relate my Windows Woes, so now I am one of the converts.

The sale almost didn’t happen though, because Pushy Salesguy spoke almost exclusively to CU, even after we explicitly told him the computer was for me and my job. That did not sit well with me. After Pushy Salesguy’s completely unconvincing pitch of how I could create a kick-ass presentation with iMovie, then fly off to Los Angeles with the presentation conveniently downloaded to my iPod, my eyes glazed over and then rolled back into my head. Ugh.

One hour, a stroll through the Dillards furniture department and a banana coconut frappucino later, we went back to the store and I became the proud owner of a new MacBook Pro. Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy Anniversary and Happy Valentine’s Day to me!

Hee…it’s really pretty…and it has a lighted keyboard…and the sounds are much friendlier than I’m used to. Typing my thoughts right now, I kinda feel like Carrie Bradshaw.

Oh…I’ve upgraded to the Blogger Beta so if you can’t post a comment, try posting as “Other.” From what I understand, this is a known beta issue…and I’m not begging for comments by saying that…really, I’m not.