Ok, so here are some first impressions from this Mac Pro buying foray.

First, it's going to be a lot different having a desktop computer with a proper screen that runs mac os, rather than a little laptop I only use for mail and surfing.
I am going to be working on this machine, and that will [...]

My new PC is here!

Mac Pro
Bluetooth
X1900 XT graphics card
23" Cinema Display

This is the mail I was looking for.

Dear Brian Meidell,
We are pleased to send you this dispatch notification regarding your Apple Store order WXXXXXXXX.

Your order was shipped on 27.10.2006, and we expect your order to be delivered to your shipping address on or before 06.11.2006.

This was not the mail I was looking for.

Dear Brian Meidell,

Thank you for shopping at the Apple Store.

The demand for the product you ordered has been higher than anticipated. We are shipping as quickly as possible, but cannot meet the dispatch date we previously estimated for you. We now expect to dispatch your order by [...]

Few things are as horrifying to a geek as being faced with a week without internet at work and home.

This was my situation today.

After the danish ADSL company Fullrate botched our transfer from another ADSL company to theirs, leaving us with a 9 day gap between they closed our old connection and until they intend [...]