just ordered my new mac book pro

Here at work, we get to order a new computer every three years. Three years ago, I ordered a Dell Inspiron 9300 with a 17" widescreen display. It has a Pentium M 2.13GHz processor (single core) with 2GB of memory, and an 80GB 7200RPM hard drive. This of course was and still is running Windows XP Pro. Three years ago that was a great machine.

Enter November 2008. After dealing with many Windows issues, rebuilding my machine twice in three years, and spending hours doing that along with troubleshooting Windows issues, I decided that enough was enough and I was going to order a Mac. Why? Because Macs just work.

So, what did I order? It worked out that I was given the go-ahead after Apple released the new Mac Books. Here are the specs of my new Mac.

Mac Book Pro
2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
15-inch widescreen
4GB Memory
250GB Serial ATA @ 7200RPM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB

I ordered a copy of VMWare Fusion for those few applications (TOAD for SQL Server and Altova XML Spy) that do not run on Mac OSX. Also, for browser testing in Internet Explorer, I need to run Windows.

Now I play the waiting game. Purchasing is ordering it today, but it could be a few weeks (or even a month argh!) before I see the new Mac. I am very excited to be getting the Mac. I feel I have much to learn about Mac OSX, but I am up to the challenge and welcome the change!