I should have have my (new to me) laptop later this week! It's a Titanium G4 Mac that I'm taking off of la_directora's hands and it's coming with all of its separately sold accessories. I can barely contain my glee. I hate hate hate going on vacation and being disconnected from the internet. Last year, I lost a bunch of photos because the portable photo hard drive/card reader I have failed to copy the contents of a 2 GB card. If I'd had a laptop, I would have been able to SEE that the photos weren't in the file. I've wanted a laptop for years but I couldn't convince myself to spend $2.5K for what is, essentially, a vacation toy.

I thought my laptop purchase would have to wait until about the time I get my new home computer but I forgot that we get bonuses here at work in June. (In my defense, the bonuses are not guaranteed and they're not so huge as to leave a lasting impression.) This year I'm being frivolous and getting myself a toy with part of the bonus.

Best part is that I'll also have a way to burn DVDs of photos immediately for those who want photos during my vacations. (There's more of a demand than one might think since one of my yearly trips is to a con.) I can hardly wait to get it and to start playing with it. I'm given to understand that Photoshop is even better on a Mac and I am looking forward to finding out. What better way to trial run my planned purchase of an iMac before I replace my home computer which, sadly, is 7 years old. It has been an amazing computer but it's starting to show its age in that newer apps demand more resources than it has.