MINI ME!

This post is brought to you by my new friend, Mac Mini. Cute, isn't she?

I picked it up in Madrid this morning, and...I like it. But it feels strange. Kinda like getting behind the wheel of a new car after you've traded-in your old beater that had 200,000 miles.

This is the first Apple that I've owned since the IIe that my parents gave us for Christmas in 1984. I continued using that same 64K workhorse all the way through my first year of law school in 1991 (and boy, did I get a lot of funny looks). But then I was shuffled into the corporate world and, by necessity, succumbed to its odd insistence on using Windows-based computers.

Earlier this week, however, it became apparent that I needed to buy a new computer for home use. The choice came down to the following: a fickle, temperamental, crash-prone Windows PC vs. an Apple that even a monkey could operate.

My decision, therefore, was a no-brainer...and so far, so good. I got her unpacked, configured and zipping through the Internet in less than an hour--despite my having the technical savvy of a sea otter.

But perhaps the nicest thing about being an Apple user is that I can finally stop worrying about viruses. Why? Because--as I'm told--my Mac Mini is immune to them. So I now surf the Internet in a tranquil, zen-like state. It's a feeling that, I'd imagine, is analogous to participating in a Hollywood orgy after receiving an FDA-approved AIDS vaccine.

Perhaps that's a bad analogy. We are, after all, talking about a Mini.