Just got home with my new MACBOOK!!!

I am very excited to get my first Mac! (ds has a g4)
I said several prayers over my Macbook box that I did not just purchase a lemon. It is a week 36 so I hope it is o.k.
I am glad I waited until the new iPods came out too. I am eligible for the educator discount, which the new ipods are not eligible for the rebates, so had to get the old one...but the price went down to $249. So with the discount on top of that, after rebate the old 30g is only $40!! Also, this store didn't even have the new iPods, but they did have the new Nanos. They are pretty!
Also bought .mac and applecare.
Can't wait to get started with it!!
macbook 2.0gHz 80GB 1GB ram   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Im growing weary of rumor sites, mostly because they also post some strange and completely nonsensical claims on occasion, such as word of the rebirth of the 12" pro notebook, which is preposterous. HOW they were able to even determine that this particular range of week builds were most susceptible to defects such as shutting down at random/bursting into flames/ cursing at your children, is beyond me. they might as well say that satan possesses that particular week of macbook, and that we should all just pour holy water on the keyboard to drive out the beast. or perhaps they should say that behavioral scientists are remotely controlling our laptops from space, triggering these sudden "random" shutdowns, and we, the guinea pigs, fall for this subterfuge. and as we scramble in frustration over our beloved computers suddenly going narcoleptic, men in white coats bearing apple and IBM insignias (GASP!) jot things down in clipboards and study our reactions. the purpose of this insidious plot has yet to be determined. but know this, its not over!

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