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The first computer I ever purchased with my own money was a Macintosh LC which, if I recall correctly, cost about $2000 back in 1990 or so. I bootstrapped that LC into a consulting gig that kept me occupied with Mac development for a number of years. A number of Macs followed, a Quadra 700 and a 520c laptop. But then the the late 90s happened, I endured ownership of a one of the PowerPC pizza boxes (which had its best value as a server running MkLinux) and I stopped paying much attention to Apple’s computers for a while.With the advent of OS X I began paying attention again but never really took the plunge.Fast forward to a week ago. My old Sony Vaio just wasn’t cutting it any more for a variety of reasons, so it was time to get a new laptop. The lure of the possibility of triple booting OS X, Windows and Linux was just too much for me and I am now the proud owner of a brand new MacBook, which even with the Apple care plan cost a bit less than that original LC.Thus far, I’m delighted. This is one nice piece of hardware. Sixty seconds flat from opening the box to Google is pretty good. And software like Scrivener, Ecto (which I’m using to post this) and Quicksilver makes the experience even better.It’s good to be back.