‘Tis the night before Tuesday, and all through my brain, I’m hoping tomorrow brings joy and not pain!

Ugh. Leaving aside for a moment my horrible poetry skills, I’d like to tell you how excited I am about the new MacBooks that Apple is about to release. It’s not certain tomorrow is the day, but it’s certainly going to be with the next couple of weeks according to just about everyone’s prediction. The reason I’m so excited about this is because the iBook is the coolest little notebook around (I use my iBook G4 constantly and love it to pieces) — except for the fact that it is just too underpowered by today’s standards. Plus the matte (and IMHO dull) white finish and thick, kiddie case are starting to get long in the tooth. The MacBook will likely sport a sleeker, sexier case, and will most certainly boast a dramatically faster architecture. Plus with the prospect of using Windows via dual-booting and virtualization at near-native speeds when it’s time to do some boring office task or play the odd game or two, the whole package makes me salivate. I haven’t been this excited about a new Mac coming out since the Mac mini debuted in January of 2005.

If we’re really, really lucky, we might even see a price drop. Who knows? At any rate, the iBook has had a good, long run, and I love mine dearly — but it’s time for a big change. Apple, don’t fail us now!

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