Well, I finally did it.  I made the jump the Mac.  I went to Best Buy today and got a 20″ iMac for our new home computer.  I just got tired of trying to keep my old Windows box running.  It was time for a new computer at the house.  And, when faced with all the Vista computers out there and having two kiddos in the house it became very apparent that it was time to make the change.

Right now, I am going through the arduous process of getting a new computer set up.  You know, the initial search through all the mp3s and pictures.  It is pretty exciting and I can’t wait to learn everything there is to know about Mac software options.

It has been so long since we have had a decent computer here at the house that I havn’t looked at my photo collection in a LONG time.  As iPhoto went through all our old photos it was neat to see all the pictures of Wyatt and Mary Hadley as they grew up.  If nothing else, this new computer is going to breathe some new life into our old content.

Goodbye Windows, I can’t say that I will be missing you.  I already have started to reconnect to my love of computers.  Finally, I can watch videos again here at the house.

The computer was so bad that I stopped using it to sync my iPod.  Now I have to make the decision of whether or not I am going to make this my main music computer.  It is handy to have all my music and media on my work computer, but it seems to make more sense to have it here at the house.  I may have to take my external HDD to the office and copy all the new music that isn’t on this computer and bring it home.

Megan has long since given up on syncing her iPod.  I hope this new computer will breath some new life into that situation.

I am still getting used to this new microscopically thin keyboard.  It is super cool looking, but typing on it is a little daunting.  There is a lip on the little keyboard shelf it is sittin on and it makes typing a little clumsy.  My old keyboard was a lot taller, and I had gotten pretty used to it.  And, don’t even get me started on this Mighty Mouse.  It may be a mouse, but it is hardly mighty.  I forsee the purchase of a good ole Microsoft mouse and sending this little beauty on its way.

Next, I am going to download Adobe Air and Twhirl so that I can keep up with my Twitter.  I may do that tonight, or I might just go to bed.  I don’t feel like twittering tonight anyway.  The real trick is going to be getting Hamachi working on this computer.  On the Windows side, there is an installer and a graphical user interface which make it exceedingly easy to install.  On the Mac side, it involves Unix commands and liberal use of the Terminal.  I have tried twice to get it running on the Mac at the office and have failed twice.  Now that I have this here at the house, I might get it working.

It is important to get Hamachi working on this computer so that I can access it from the office or whatever computer I am on.  I have already gotten TightVNC to work which allows me to remote in from my other Windows computers.  Using Mac on a Windows box is rather intoxicating.

I also have to make the decision of whether I am going to purchase iWork or just use NeoOffice.  NeoOffice isn’t that big a deal to me, but the interface may be a little arcane for Megan.  And, it is important to me to get her using this computer.  It is a much better computer than our ailing laptop which is failing to see one of the two expensive RAM simms I intalled earlier.

Blogging on this computer is rather fun.