Mac Virgin Makes Her Move...Gets a Mac!

(Our very own intern Carolyn recently took the plunge and bought her first Mac. She'll be reporting from time to time on her experience, and asking for help. Please help her so we don't have to.)

I did it! I swiped nearly $2000 away and got myself a MacBook Pro. As a partially unemployed schmuck I was nervous taking the dive. The last time I spent that much I bought a plane ticket to Bangkok and was guaranteed Buddha, elephant rides and Singha beer! This time I was a little leery on what my purchase truly had in store. Would it be worth it? 

Here's how it went down.  I didn't go to Thailand but I took a trip to Delaware to save a few bucks. I was surprised at how small the Christiana Mall Apple store was, especially considering all the people who were taking advantage of tax free shopping like myself. There were enough young, hip Apple employeees lurking the store that I was helped in no time. (Thanks John!) I was advised by my fellow TDL-ers to ignore all the chotskys they would push on me. I understand the whole "customer service" thing, but wow! Those Apple employees are cutthroat! iWork! Protection plans! One to ones! Do we really need meetings and sessions to work our computers? What happened to just opening the box and figuring things out? I mean it's Apple! Don't we just drag and drop everything anyways? John tried his best but I held strong. He rung me up right where we stood. Impressive! That definitely beat out the Old Navy employees with the Britney Spears headsets. 

I got the computer home and opened it right away. I was happy but still didn't have that "Yes! New toy!" feeling. I took a breath, pressed the power button and waited. In seconds any hesitation or regret I previously feared would vanish. "Welcome! Bienvenue! Willkommen!" My MacBook had me in tears with its "It's a Small World" reminiscent welcome screen! I was hooked and ready to fully immerse myself in Apple's arms. 

So there Apple. All it took was an indie song and language barrier to have yourself another supporter. Now if I could only figure out this darn Photo Booth...