Getting my Mac Mini tomorrow

Question

Well, I took the plunge and ordered my Mac Mini today, picking it up tomorrow.
Used my PC World tax free voucher to buy the top line Mini, monitor, speakers, microsoft keyboard and mouse, webcam and iWork.
I am a bit nervous about moving to a new OS, please tell me I have made the right move.
Sub Sea Sniper

Answer 1

Sub Sea, you've made the right move (especially since
no new Mac minis have been released today - it would
have been frustrating to get an old Mac mini the day
after the new one is announced but it was the
right move anyway.
I'm afraid there won't be any downloadable upgrade,
so if you get iWork '05, you'll have to pay the full
price (79$) for iWork '06, which has indeed been
announced ...
Mac mini |
1.25 Ghz G4 | 1 GB RAM | 40 GB HDD | AirPort Extreme
  Mac OS X (10.4.3)   External 250 GB LaCie
HDD | LaCie FW DVD-RW DL 16x | 20 GB iPod w/Color
Display
Of course, IF there had been a new Mini announced today, those who bought an older model may have been able to take advantage of Apple's policy under such circumstances, which would typically allow a customer to return the older unit and have it replaced with a new model if the purchase was made very recently (14 days perhaps?) before the new model. I can't access the Apple store right now to check the policy, but I recall there is one along those lines.
And while there typically aren't free updates from old to new versions of software, there may be an equivalent of the 'now up to date' program that saw late Panther buyers able to update to Tiger for a small fee instead of the full product. A call to Apple once the mini and bundled software are in hand may be a good place to start!