I GOT IT!!!!

It's little and white and has this apple icon on the back that lights up when you turn it on.  I'm not sure about that... I may need to make a patch to cover it up.  Of course, it's rather pointless to try and hide that I've got it on.  ;)  But it might be nice not to have extra light beaming out the back if I'm trying to use it whilst other peoples are napping.

Good things:  The keyboard is not too small.  I was a little worried about this since I had to down-size in order to be able to afford computer.  I like how it types.  Nice clicky-crisp keys.  The whole thing is white!  This is cool in one way and not-so-cool in another way.  Cool half is it looks really nice.  Not-so-cool half is my mother's voice in my brain saying, 'White things show ALL the dirt!'  

I am rather pleased, impressed, etc. by the number of things that work the same as they did on a PC.  One small for instance that I use a lot:  Shift Tab to go backwards.  Of course, there's no reason it should be different - but neither did it necessarily have to be the same.  I mean, after all, anyone who builds a computer with only one mouse button might be expected to do /anything/.  

The pictures are prettier.  Well, not sure that's the right word, but it comes with a lot of very nice screensavers installed.  Of course, it could just be that I think they are so neat because they are different from Microsoft's, which I have seen for so many years now as to consider boring.  Perhaps there are ancient Mac users out there for whom these nifty pictures are also boring.

The weird/confusing/not so good things:

I can't find any word processing program.  I am assured by everyone I have talked to so far (2 people) that there IS one, but I have no clue where.

I can't figure out my wireless deal.  I am connected, obviously, but I don't know where on earth it says so, or where it tells the name of the network, or the strength of the signal or anything like that.  If it even does... I wouldn't even know I was connected if I hadn't opened my browser out of sheer curiosity.  There was no 'You Are Connected' msg.  No little icon (that I can find) that is blinking at me with a signal.  Nuffink.  I opened this thing called Airport which the manual told me was the wireless manager; but it insists that there are no base somethings to be found.  I am not sure what a base whatever it is actually is, but I thought perhaps it meant hotspot. ??  Anyways, I apparently am connected to some ghost network.  :)

MacSword is nowhere NEAR as good as e-sword.  I am either going to have to buy Parallels after all (which I still may end up doing, for my music programs); or see if I can find a different bible program that is better.

This is all for now.  So far, we are coming down on the side of This Is Really Cool.  Mostly, I think, the problems are from total non-exposure, and should resolve themselves as I continue to doodle around.