Had to burn a DVD today to get some promo stuff out.  I’d never done that on a computer before.  Pretty simple, or should be, but you know how these things can go.  Everything’s download-a-new-this, update-the-driver-that, and two hours later you’re actually doing something.  If you’re lucky.  And I’d never even launched iDVD, even out of curiosity.  So I wasn’t expecting perfection.

But that’s what I got.  Totally self-explanatory.  Everything worked.  In twenty minutes, I had menus and graphics and music picked out.  Like it’s supposed to be.  Now there’s a DVD burning just beneath my right wrist while I’m typing this, with enough processing power that I can go about the rest of my work and not even notice a delay.  So, wow.  If you’re looking to get a new machine, well, there.

Disclosure: I own a few shares of Apple, so I could arguably be a member of the cult.  Use your own judgment.