So I was waiting for Leopard to come out before getting a new MacBook (had to hand the other one back when I left, of course). It’s just less hassle to not have to upgrade the OS to a major new version… and Oct 26 appears to be the day that Leopard is released. Must say I’m a bit disappointed with the Apple front page – it had a countdown, and now that it’s zero the basic layout is still the same but no more numbers. That’s a bit rough for an Apple promo, quite sloppy one might say!

Another reason for waiting is that Apple upgrades the hw specs… my original MacBook was a Core Duo (32 bit), the new ones are Core 2 Duo. There also 100mbit wireless, multilayer dvd writing, and other new foo. I particularly like the change in the dvd writer, as the original drive had bad troubles that were never properly fixed. It flatly refused to import or play quite a few audio CDs.

Actually, I’ve been reading the “iCon” book, Steve Jobs’ biography. Damn he’s a bastard – but he’s a smart bastard, and delivers rockin’ industrial design. Yes, I’m an Apple fan ;-)
But the MacBook was really my first own Mac. Previously I merely coaxed my wife into getting a 12″ PowerBook (and she’s still happy with it), and a long long time ago I had an original iMac on loan for some work. That was interesting but less fun, it was so underpowered (lack of ram, etc), but still, it looked good. The MacBook on the other hand both looks good and performs well.

If anyone has an opinion on the MacBook 13″ or perhaps has looked at Leopard previews, please feel free to comment. I really like the form factor. I also have Parallels with Linux and other platforms, but I am now comfortable with the OS X environment also.