New IMac G5

New IMac G5

OK... I be bad.... I ordered a new IMac G5 for Mary for Christmas. She wanted a new computer at the front desk, as she was getting used to using my Powermac Dual G5 that I use in my office. It was supposed to be delivered on December 23rd, which would have allowed me to set it up for the holidays. It was delivered yesterday, January 3rd. (It's a long story... Suffice to say, if I get some free time in the next couple of weeks, I will probably write a letter to Jeff Bezos at Amazon.)

I have been using Apple Mac's since before they were Mac's (I had access to a Lisa at Motorola in the early 80's for the Athena project at MIT). I can tell you that it is everything Apple advertises. From the time I opened the box to the time I had it working on our network at the inn was less than 10 minutes. Of course, if we were running a single user system with standard applications, that would be the end of the story. However, we are not. By the time I got all of our inn software loaded, and configured user accounts for all the people who will have access to the machine, and tested everything, I got to bed this morning around 5 AM. (Oh... I did not mention that we went out last night for a few drinks and dinner with friends. So I did not start loading any programs till around midnight....The perils of having a shiny new toy!) Needless to say I did not go skiing this morning. But we have a shiny new computer added to our inn's computer network.

Mary did go skiing this morning. She reports that the mountain is grooming everything flat. She skied upper Wildfire at Bear for the first time in several years. Snow conditions were generally good with a few slick spots. Clearly the mountain is overdue for a snow storm. Hopefully we get one soon.