Is This Love?

Well, it's something: my new 20" Intel iMac arrived last week, and it's hard to find time to blog with all these lusty thoughts in my head. Y'all should go out and buy one too.

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  1. AnnaJanuary 31, 2006

    I thought as a Macophile you were supposed to deplore the defection to Intel.

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  2. Jeff'yJanuary 31, 2006

    No, I've got nothing against Intel. I am not fond of Microsoft, though.

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