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Today is the Day!

Today is the day I’ve been waiting for for over a year, at the least. The day I order my first Apple computer!

I’ve tried to get a loan to get one before, but my credit is bad at the moment, so today I tried with my wife’s info, and was approved, hooray! So I ordered the 1ghz eMac with Combo drive, and upgraded the RAM to 256mb and the hard drive to 80gb. I also signed up for a .Mac account. All of that was under $1000, including taxes and shipping.

The ordering process was extremely easy, in fact, it was almost too easy to spend $1000 in a total of about 3 minutes… I was originally going to place my order online, but due to an error on the site during my approval of the loan, I called in the order instead. My info was already in the computer from my loan application, so I just told them what computer I wanted and what options I wanted upgraded, got my total, and I was done! The customer service rep was helpful and didn’t try to sell me any upgrades other than just mentioning that they existed. I never felt pressured to buy more stuff at all.

But I did anyway.

After I got home and looked through the Apple Store for a few minutes, I decided to add on a few items, but found that I couldn’t add it on to my existing order, so I just made a new one.

Here are a few more items I picked up:

Klipsch ProMedia GMX A-2.1 Speakers.

I read a few reviews on Amazon.com and other consumer review sites, and all of the reviews seemed to be overwhelmingly positive, with most giving an overall score of 5/5 stars. And of course I am aware of the Klipsch brand name, as they are mentioned on the top of virtually every computer speaker list you will ever find. Yes, they are a little pricey, but I needed some good quality speakers, the built-in eMac speakers aren’t anything to write home about…

Logitech MX700 Wireless Mouse.

I’ve had a wireless mouse before, but stopped using it because the batteries would go dead every 2 weeks, and the resolution seemed very low, causing the cursor to be really jumpy and inaccurate. I’ve read good things about this particular wireless mouse though, many people saying it is just as fast and quick as a normal wired mouse. Plus it has a charging cradle, rather than AA batteries, so I won’t have to worry about buying batteries or recharging them all the time. And from what I hear I’ll also need to use USB Overdrive for the drivers, since Logitech’s own drivers leave something to be desired.

Griffin PowerMate

I just couldn’t resist picking up this little gizmo. I’ve talked about it before, and had it on my list of things to buy when I get my Mac, so it’ll be fun to use it finally and see how it really works. I look forward to messing with it and trying to come up with useful ways to use it. But even if it was just a big volume knob, it would still be pretty cool. :)

Well that is what has been going on with me lately. I should receive my eMac on Monday or Tuesday, according to Apple, but I’m really hoping it somehow magically makes it here before the weekend. Expect some lengthy reviews once I receive everything. :)

Oh yeah, the eMac is shipping with Panther pre-installed, so I guess that means all of the new macs are shipping with it now, as I’ve read that the Powerbooks are shipping with it pre-installed as well. It’ll be nice to not have to upgrade the OS as soon as I fire up the computer…

hells yeah for you man! its about damn time and you deserve it!

Congrats…you did tell your wife right???!!! Curious on why you went with the eMac though.