iPod Dilemma

My new iPod (aka MacBook) just arrived. At first I wasn’t going to open the Amazon box, but I couldn’t resist. Then I wasn’t going to open the Apple box. Damn! Will….is….so….weak. My precious! Must just touch my precious! So solid. So rounded corners. So sexy. So black.

Seriously! I have to re-skin a web app and was making good progress. I must not boot up the MacBook. I must wait. I must take my time and read “Mac OS X: The missing manual”. I must focus. I must pretend the MacBook isn’t here. I must pretend that the MacBook is not ready without the 2G of RAM that is on the way. What a dilemma! It’s just a laptop. This is ridiculous.

So once you’re in the Mac cult do you have to get a tattoo? Is there a secret language or handshake? Do I have to wave at the Mac people I pass by? Have I now been irreversibly changed?