New MacBook with Leopard

At this time 2 weeks ago, I was impatiently anticipating the arrival of my new MacBook. For the past 5 years or so, I had been using an eMac. Sort of a less-expensive cousin to the much more popular iMac, the eMac was a rather short-lived product for Apple. I believe it only saw one generation.

So, back to waiting for my MacBook. I ordered it online on Sunday. I know, I could have easily gotten in the car, driven 10 minutes to my local Apple store and not have to wait, but for whatever reason, I decided to order online. So on Tuesday, a few days ahead of schedule, a package arrived at my office. I was obviously very excited and thanked the FedEx driver. To my great disappointment, the box I opened only contained the MacBook case, not the MacBook itself. Quite ironic, don’t you think?

So, after 4-5 calls to FedEx and another to Apple, I figured out that the shipper (Apple) did not label the box properly and my MacBook had been sitting on the FedEx truck for 4 days. The second box finally arrived on Friday, and Apple was even good enough to credit me $50 for my troubles.

Now, on to the MacBook. As with pretty much any Apple product, the design and functionality of the MacBook is beautiful and intuitive. I also received the new Leopard OS for a mere $9.95 since I got my computer so close to the Leopard launch date.

I’ve spent a good amount of time with my MacBook over the past two weeks and I really don’t have any complaints. It’s quick, looks great, and has a decent battery life (although I’d like to not ever have to plug it in). I really can’t wait to take this thing on a plane or train.

I’d also like to purchase some sweet bluetooth speakers, so please share any suggestions.

As far as Leopard goes, it has some cool features, but I’m not sure if I’d spend $129 for it just yet. If you are a heavy user, you might have more use for it. The new dock looks great and I’ve played around with the Spaces, and coverflow within the Finder, which are both nice features.

Anyone else using Leopard and want to share some cool tricks or tools?

Macs are also fun to use. Here’s a sweet pictures I took with the built-in camera and PhotoBooth.