My new toy, and house guests arrive

During my lunch break at work today I bought what I’d been (not so secretly) craving for months… I bought one of the new MacBook Pro‘s. I’ve been coveting them for a while now, however I’ve known for a while now that Apple was about to release a new model, so I waited. And waited. And waited some more. However, yesterday Apple finally released the new models (faster processors, better video cards, etc) so today I broke down and bought one.

First impression: beautiful, elegant, easy to use. All the things I’ve come to expect (especially after using the MacBook that Kelly bought a while back)

Second impression: slightly disappointed due to some nasty system crashes that I experienced at SuperSweetCo. With the assistance of a coworker I was able to narrow down the problem to some bug with the new hardware and the WiFi encryption that my office uses (WPA). It seems like something that a software update from Apple would fix, though the store I bought the machine from is willing to replace the laptop if the problem persists. Not sure if I’m going to go ahead and replace it yet or just give it some time.

Third impression: I get the new toy home (and on a slightly more standard WiFi encryption scheme) and everything has worked flawlessly. My guess is that this is one of those "early adopter" issues with a brand new piece of hardware that Apple will surely fix with some upcoming software update. It’s a great machine that I’ll (hopefully) get years and years of use out of.

All this aside, we have house guests who arrived today from "back east" (Jersey). Had a great time hanging out with them this evening, even though I had to skip out on a dinner thing with them due to work and work-related stress… I just needed some time at home alone, relaxing, and playing with my new toy. Looking forward to spending time with ’em over the next several days.