welcome to the family

When I was in university I owned a Toshiba Satellite which was touted to be one of the best laptops to own at that point in time. It was, as well, the choice laptop recommended by the school to buy. So, like any other trusting tech-illiterate girl, I stood in line, paid good money (which my dad made me earn myself doing holiday jobs) and left with the broadest grin on my face.

To cut the long story short the machine became the bane of my life; it would stall, act up, crash.. first only at the most unopportune time, then later, all the time till Toshiba extended my warranty by one year to make up for the extraordinary amount of time my lappy spent in the workshop.

In my honours year, I became- thanks to my neighbour and his gorgeous orange imac- a apple convert. I bought an ibook. The said ibook is still in existence today actually, still working though considerable slower and less powerful than the powerbook I traded it up for.

For years, I've been trying to entice my family- my second sister in particular cos she was such a hardened PC user (she claimed the ugly tablet fujitsu to be more superior... puke..puke...puke). They have finally switched from the dark side... recently they brough home, not one, but two totally magnificent macbooks complete with built in isight and all the other totall spectacular stuff in between.

Ah dear sisters... welcome to the club.