April 14th, 2011 § § permalink
Does anyone remember that distant day, when I bought home my new laptop, my brand spanking new 13″ Macbook? I was coming to the end of my first semester at Uni and it was the first ever computer I could call my own. In true form, I had got it as a 30th birthday gift, about 7 months early 
And, I loved it!
I wrote my thesis on it, read my graduation confirmation on it and was generally, chuffed to bits with it.
But, all good things must come to an end. And poor 13″‘s arrived when I got the chance to buy a Macbook Pro second-hand. The price was a great one, but not an amount I had lying around handy and after thinking long and hard about it, I decided I had to look at it as an upgrade. Which meant selling my old laptop.
After searching high and low, we found a new home for the laptop – spouse’s friend at work wanted it. Yesterday was spent in getting the dear all spruced up and ready for its move. The new OS has been installed and it is ready to become its new owner’s pride and joy. As it is lying ready for the husband to take it away, all boxed up and pretty, I can’t help but feel a pang. It was the first one that was truly mine.
I’ll never forget you, lappie.
December 17th, 2007 § § permalink
This post is special – really, really special.
Why? Not because it is a milestone related to my blog – number of days it has been in existence, number of posts etc. It is special ‘cos it is the first one that is being done from my brand new laptop.
My very own MacBook!
I still cannot believe it! I keep re-reading the above statement but it still feels a bit surreal. I have been glued to the thing since we brought it home earlier this afternoon. My own laptop, my very own. Mine and nobody else’s! As I was coming back home from the Mall this afternoon, I couldn’t help but smile at how it used to be whilst growing up. Dad being in the forefront of IT related stuff meant the comp will get a total rehaul any time. Any files that were dumped on the desktop previous week might disappear any day.
The number of times I had lovingly stored favourite photos, poems, stories only to find the whole contraption gone – well, they are well and truly behind me now! Anyone who touches my spanking new machine will be first fingerprinted and allocated no more than 2.5 minutes at a time. And strictly no games or downloads allowed!
Bring on sem 2!
