Bernie Mac The Apple fanboys in the chatrooms continue to drool over the new MacBooks from Apple Computers. Some of them are even selling their older iBook's and PowerBooks so they can raise the money to buy the new MacBook. It's insane.

I'm a Windows guy. Always have been, always will be. Windows XP is a perfectly reliable and powerful operating system. Sure, you can run Windows XP on the new Intel-based computers from Apple using Boot Camp, a technology that Apple will include with the next version of their Operating system. Sure, a beta version of Boot Camp is available for free from Apple for users of the current version of OS X.

So what?, I say.

My old Dell runs Windows XP just fine, and Windows XP is all I want and all I need. There is no way in hell that I'd ever be caught ordering a Mac. There is simply no way!

So, I ordered my Mac...

I'm getting a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook with 80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive with 512MB RAM and a SuperDrive. I figure, why not? If I like it, great. If I don't, it will give me plenty of ammunition to slam these Apple fanboys with whatever gripes I might have about their precious Macs. As I see it, it's a win-win situation. And besides, my Dell is a desktop model. It couldn't hurt to have a portable computer as well. Not that I ever go anywhere, but hey: you never know.

I also ordered another copy of Window XP to load on the new MacBook. Some of the Apple fanboys are going to use pirated copies of Windows to load on their MacBooks, but not me. I don't steal software, and besides, Bill Gates has to eat too.

My MacBook ships in 3 to 7 business days. I can't wait to get it!
- Bernie  ¶ 4:01 PM