My new Mac

After six, maybe seven years with the Imac or sunflower mac as I have know it, I purchased a new computer. I could go in several directions from here. I could write about the data that I have lost in when this computer crashed. Then that memory would remind me of how "someone" dumped all of my documents in the trash, trying to get my machine to process faster...something about confusing the "documents" folder with the "mydocuments" folder. It is difficult to know how many gigs that I have lost, but equate it with the loss of possessions. Nostagicly I miss them. But my life is far better without them.

The machine crashed sevearl times while I was on the Internet Saturday. I had been thinking about not only getting a new machine but also an ipod touch (a topic for another blog). I went to Best Buy and saw the latest Mac Mini- 4 gigs ram, 320 gig hard drive and two point something gigahertz at $799. I told them that I would take it. The salesman went to get it and when he came back he said they were out.

The next day I went to the Mac store with Truckee. My purchase was easy. I knew what I wanted and except for some questions about cable I was set. Truckee thought that he still had a warranty and was replacing his cable. It turned out his warranty was finished, but the "Mac Genius" reluctantly replaced the battery nevertheless. We decided that it was Apple's way of leaving a positive impression for customers.

Truckee is a gosend for computer problem solving. We talked about the ways to transfer all of the information from my old Mac to my new one. He said we could use his hard drive to create a daisy chain. It worked like a charm, taking two and a half hours to transfer my materials over to my new machine. Last night I loaded the first 850 of my ten thousand photos from my photo card to iphoto. I long ago exceeded the capacity of my old machine for photos. For the first time I even gave Donna a musical slide show of our trip.

My only difficulty is finding enough free time to enjoy my new machine.