And the number?  Is EIGHT.  

What am I referring to?  Why my laptop, of course.  Over the months you have heard me bitch, whine and complain about this stupid laptop of mine.  (Dell Inspiron 630m, in case you were wondering.)  This laptop has been an embarassment to laptops everywhere.  It has been ATROCIOUS.  And instead of generously offering to fix it or replace it, Dell has ignored my bitching, whining and complain.  Hmph.  (DELL SUCKS)  It’s all for the better, of course, because as time has gone on I am increasingly aware that I don’t WANT another Dell.   Shoot, I don’t even want another PC.  

Ya’ll?  I’m ready to think outside the box.  

I’ve resisted for many, many years.  I was tempted years back when Apple first came out with the iMac.  I loved how… contained it was.  But I was scared.  I would miss my right click!  I would miss my easy “eject the disk NOW, damnit!” button on the cd/dvd rom.  I would miss… *gasp*  WINDOWS. 

I don’t think I’ll miss it anymore.  

Well, I’ll probably miss the easy right click (though I fully know how to achieve right click functionality on a MacBook now) and the eject button.  But I won’t miss Windows.  And I won’t miss programs randomly flipping the heck out.  I won’t miss viruses and spyware and worms.  I won’t miss Firefox crashing 15 times like it did yesterday (I’m writing this from Google Chrome… it is THAT BAD).  I’m not going to miss the stupid missing keys on the stupid cheap-ass keyboard (you use “g” a lot more than you’d think, I’ve learned) (I miss my “g” key) (and my u and x and q) (oh and the caps lock key and the left control key and even that stupid Windows key).  

In eight SHORT days (please God, let them be short), I will have a MacBook in hand.  Of course, this is dependant on our tax return coming in on schedule but I don’t know any reason why it wouldn’t.  And in eight days, this crappy laptop will be sleeping with the fishes.  Well, maybe not TECHNICALLY.  But I sure as hell am not going to be throwing it any goodbye parties.  Stupid piece of crap.  

So, Dell?  You can just eat it.  I’m gettin’ a Mac.