A new companion

Yesterday I received in the mail my new companion [sounds a bit awkward]. I sold my personal Macbook several months ago for a good deal, but I’ve really missed my traveling friend. My new machine is exactly like the previous one except for the color. I had a black one and bought a refurbished white Macbook. Here she is sitting on my desk at work. 

I named my previous Macbook Apolonia, the name of Michael Corleone’s first wife in The Godfather. I’m thinking this one is going to be named Angela. The beautiful purity of her white finish reminds me of Angela from the Office. Hopefully she won’t be as uptight as her though. 

For those Apple users out there who care, I decided not to do the standard system migration that is available choosing instead to just move over the info that I needed. It’s made me aware of how much junk I need to clean off my iMac at home after several previous transfers. It’s probably a bit bloated. I also realized during the transfer of files and apps how few apps that I have had to pay for I actually use. Outside of the iLife suite which comes on every Mac, I installed iWork [Pages, Keynote, & Numbers] and Microsoft Excel. That’s it! Everything else I use is a totally free program available for download. 

So, to all you PC users thinking about switching who get turned away by the higher priced Apple product, think about this. After purchasing this machine [you can get a refurb at a deep discount by the way here] the only software I added was a package that costs $79 and another one that costs $150 [Microsoft Office 2008, Student/Teacher Edition of which I only installed Excel]. 

If anyone out there is interested in being set free for the tyranny of Microsoft and entering the great light of Apple, Inc. as I have previously shared, I am an evangelist for Apple computers as well as Jesus. 

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