Welcome to the family
After months of waiting, growing more and more frustrated with my existing computer set up, Apple finally announced a revision of the iMacs. The news appeared Monday, I ordered Tuesday, and early the following Monday morning, I was in possession of a new 24" iMac.
Look, I know it's just a computer, but dead set, this machine blows me away. My old 19" CRT now sits to the left of the new machine, and it really exemplifies just how crystal clear the new display is. I have gone from a 19" display at 1280x1024, to a 24" LCD at 1920x1200 with the 19" as a second monitor. Add that to the fact that Spaces (multiple desktops) is part of Leapard and you suddenly have not just an evolutionary step in real estate, but a workflow-changing reinvention of what screen real estate means.
Of course, the other major element is the jump to a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM. Gone is the painfully frustrating disk thrashing, replaced with a seamless experience that is begging to be taken advantage of.
And take advantage I will.