13 Days To Go!

How cool is it that someone made a widget to track your order at the Apple Store? Up until just recently, I couldn't figure out how to make it work with Canadian orders, but the developer fixed the cause of the issue and I'm counting down with style!. </p> <p> </p> <p> Of course, I have no idea when the MacBook will actually get to me, as I cheaped out on shipping. Believe it or not, I'm not as crazy-rabid about receiving this machine as with my earlier Mac purchases. I think that after your 4th system in 3 years, you just tend to get numb to the process. </p> <p> Also, this PowerBook G4 still rocks my socks from a performance standpoint. It is still quite zippy for what I need to do. However, I will probably change my story once I get my grubby hands on that super-crazy-fast memory bandwidth, and 4x better integer and FPU performance. </p> <p> Of course, this is compared to what I have now — I am fully aware of how the G5 still spanks the Core Duo in FPU operations. However, I'm not so sure that the G5 will beat out the Core Duo with the large-sized FFTs that FuzzMeasure depends on. It requires increased memory performance, where the MacBook will most definitely shine. </p> <p> Update: Did anyone else notice that the widget was one day off? I shifted this post to Feb 2 so that it makes more sense. Woo! 13 days! :) </p>