Like some other compatriots in the bloggosphere known as THE META, I have joined the Mac owning world by becoming the proud owner of a 12" PowerBook.

Over the past few months, I've realized that it would be good to have portable computing power at my finger tips - either while on trips or for the occasions where I would like to be seated where my computers aren't. After a bit a deliberation, I ended up settling on the 12" PowerBook because I wanted something different than another Windoze machine. Although I was initially attracted to the 15" model, the price, portability and problems with the first revision turned me towards the 12" I have today.

The actual machine itself is quite a piece of art. The aluminum case is a nice contrast to the plastic used to house most computing devices. There are nice little lighting flourishes on the latch and the Apple logo on the back of the LCD. The keyboard is very functional for a notebook of this size. In general, it's rather sleek - everything fits together into an aesthetically pleasing yet functional package.

Even though I've had the beast for a while, I'm still getting used to Mac OS X. Everything pretty much works the same as in Windows, but it's the little differences that get you. e. g. Cloverleaf-O instead of Return to run programs / open documents. The other part of the ramp up period is finding functional equivalents of the programs I normally used on the PeeSee side. Thankfully, everything I use is either free or Apple provided so I'm all good in that regard.

Probably the most amusing/gratifying aspect of my purchase has been the gawking I got from my co-workers when it first arrived. Given those reactions, I fully intend to exploit the seXXXiness factor to the maximum extent possible under the law. FEAR THE POWERBOOK.

PS. This is my first blog entry with the PowerBook.