{"id":343,"date":"2009-04-19T04:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/04\/a-revolution-in-the-vollmer-house.html"},"modified":"2009-04-19T04:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T04:44:00","slug":"a-revolution-in-the-vollmer-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/04\/a-revolution-in-the-vollmer-house\/","title":{"rendered":"A Revolution in the Vollmer House!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The kitchen laptop has officially been REPLACED!<\/p>\n

Finally!<\/p>\n

I haven’t been this excited about computer stuff in a really long time — I’ve been looking forward to getting a new laptop for many months, and for once I was going to save up and get something I REALLY wanted. <\/p>\n

After those months in the desert, getting kicked off the WiFi just because someone with a Macbook sits next to me got quite old.<\/p>\n

So today I marched down to the Apple Store in West Omaha<\/a>, took advantage of their “Personal Shopper”<\/a> service and walked out of there with a Macbook<\/a> of my very own!  It’s AMAZING!  It immediately hopped onto my WiFi (yes, after I gave it the security code) and I was surfing SO FAST!<\/p>\n

A couple weeks ago Dave’s laptop ran into some troubles with the hinge that keeps the computer open, so he’s contemplating getting a Macbook of his own.  They’re offering a military discount, which made it even more appealing!  He’s taking a trip in a couple weeks so it’d be nice if he had a new computer to take along.<\/p>\n

The Macbook I got was the most basic of the aluminum models (there’s a white model that costs less, but the aluminum seemed more durable), which has a special multi-function touch pad, it doesn’t work like a typical PC-laptop touch pad, you have to learn some new moves for scrolling and zooming in and out…much like what you can do with an iPhone.  It has a built-in webcam, which is nice, and when I plugged in my iPhone to it, it automatically synced with iCalendar, iPhotos, iTunes and my Address Book.  I didn’t have to do a thing!<\/p>\n

Surfing the web has been like lightning, and even task-intensive sites like Facebook have been a breeze to navigate.  I haven’t had this easy a time with our PCs since we moved to Omaha.<\/p>\n

So it case you hadn’t noticed, I’m pretty excited about this.<\/p>\n

I’ll leave you with this silly picture of me, taken from the built-in webcam. You can see how happy I am:<\/p>\n

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