No, not in that way. Honestly, if your initial reaction to the title of this entry was something related to smut, go take a quick look through the archives of my blog to see that there's less hope of me getting up to anything kinky than there is of my Mum's goldfishes winning Celeb Big Brother (they're way too talented, y'see...).
Anyway, I've gone to the dark side - today, mainly thanks to the generous contributions of the Student Loans Company and Her Maj's Courts Service (jury service payday), I dropped in to the
Apple store in Bluewater and picked up a beeeyoooteefool
Macbook Pro - the cheapest one, naturally, since my Northern heritage prevents me from spending a penny more than I absolutely have to, but even then it's a helluva toy. The
Apple Higher Education discount gets me 15%ish off the price, so the laptop "only" cost £1,180 instead of the £1,399 list price - mmmm, discounts...
If ever there was a time to come down with a cold, this is definitely it - new toys are great at taking your mind off the fact you're in pain (although the nagging voice reminding me I can now only afford one tin of beans and cup of tea until Christmas is starting to keep me awake at night...).
Naturally I can't be arsed to recount the specs - you can find them
here if you like - but really, you should just trust me that it's great. The best bit so far? The keyboard lights up at night - automagically. It's the little things that make me happiest... Oit, stop giggling at the back of the class.
There's a bit of a downside though - the damned thing wasn't put together properly: the case is slightly out of alignment, so it doesn't close snugly, and the wrist rest is "kinked" (oddly, so is my Vaio laptop...). I've had it for six hours and it's going back in the morning for a swap. Shame, but I'm not giving up on it that easily. It's a common problem, and pics can be found
here if you're interested.
I also picked up a nice new bag to put my new toy in, and a wireless Mighty Mouse. I'm even that much of a saddo that I took photos of the unpacking fun.
Now I'm broke, but happy. I'm coming down with a cold, but I don't care, 'cos I've got a laptop with a glow-in-the-dark automagic keyboard.
At least, I'll be happy until I have to figure out how to transport 200 kilos of engine from a farm in Hertfordshire to the 'rents' house in Kent. As paperweights go, it's a bit over the top, but it'll make a nice spanner-monkeying project once I've graduated and the only work I do is a 9-5 asking people if they want to "Go Large with that, Sir?" /Al ;o)
Oh, and by the way, this message was off-topic. Bet you couldn't have guessed that, eh?
