I've officially switched teams . . .

I'm officially a Mac-guy!
 

I'm now the proud papa of a brand new 2.4 GHz Macbook.

My 3-year old HP/Compaq finally kicked the bucket when the power connector started breaking off the motherboard and despite my best soldering efforts I was unable to salvage it. I was really not liking the prospect of having to buy a new PC laptop and being forced to "upgrade" to Vista and when I got a chance to play around on my friend's brand new Macbook I was sold.

First of all this girl is beautiful, the aluminum unibody, CNC'd from a single piece of extruded aluminum is so sleek.  I love the light-up keyboard and the multi-function touch-pad/button combo is pretty cool too. 

I used to be wary of Apple products and thought they were all style over substance but after getting my iPod earlier this year I've slowly been won over to the other side.

I'm still grappling with some of the differences in OS X but I'm sure it won't be a steep learning curve.

This could be the start of a beautiful relationship :D