Well, maybe its not quite that dramatic. And its definately not that dark! What in the world am i rambling about? Well, I finally took the leap and replaced my main desktop/development machine with a Mac. I have been wanting to buy one for quite some time but I have been known to play a game of Counter-Strike Source or Battlefield 2 from time to time and since gaming support on Mac has been shoddy at best, I couldnt justify having 2 machines that cost so much money. Since Apple made the switch to Intel chipsets and they released the Bootcamp beta software that allows you to run Windows XP in a dual boot configuration, I plain ran out of excuses not to buy one. I picked it up last night from the Apple store in the Mall of Millenia in Orlando, FL. That was my first trip to an Apple store and I have to say, I was pretty impressed. I bought the 20" Widescreen iMac with the 2GHz Core Duo processors and its awesome. The display is absolutely gorgeous!! I have 2 Samsung 930b 19" LCDs that I run on my windows box and I always thought they were great. That is until last night when I had the iMac running right next to one of the LCDs. It just made the LCD look dull and washed out. I have spent quite a few hours getting everything installed and setup the way I want it and Im still not quite done. I had to take a break to play Counter-Strike on the Windows partition for a few hours. I was impressed with how well it runs the game. I have CFEclipse up and running with the host of plugins that I like. Subclipse is all hooked up to the Trac_Fu repository and I have MySQL installed so now I can get back to coding!! If you have considered switching to a Mac, I HIGHLY recommend you find an Apple store in your area and go check out the machines. You will not be disappointed!