I’ve always been fond of Gadgets, since birth.
The Gadget Kid
So the awesome folks in the UK just sent me a package. Look out for this space in the coming days. Till then, I’ll leave you with these pics.
Any guesses, what the package might contain?
Hey, what’s that in the bottom? Any guesses?
Update: In all my excitement, I absolutely forgot that I had tweeted about the package and its contents a couple of days ago. Still, to those who don’t follow me on twitter, here’s your chance.
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Well, Yes. I finally took the plunge and bought myself a stunningly beautiful and shockingly powerful, yet amazingly awesome MacBook Pro.
For the past couple of months, I’ve been trying to convince my parents to let my buy myself a MacBook (Yes! A MacBook, not a Pro). Even though the purchase was going to be totally through my hard earned money, they were simply not convinced that I needed a MacBook, repeatedly telling me to use my Compaq laptop instead. Obviously, none of them was aware of the awesomeness of the Mac. I used to try popping up the thought of the purchase every now and then, but that usually ended with “Nahi, mhanje mahi” (No, means NO!)
However, almost as if the Gods up there heard my prayers, Apple India decided to decided to come out with a pleasantly surprising offer. According to the ‘Mac @ Campus’ offer, students from select institutions were entitled to a 12% discount on the MRPs of the MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
And that was the trigger. The events that occurred after this were almost like a Domino Effect. Everything just followed one after the other. And I found out that I had successfully convinced my parents to buy me a MacBook Pro (Yes! It’s the Pro this time). I was never going to buy the white MacBooks and had set my eyes on the Black MacBook. But with a difference of just 11K, it made sense to put in that extra effort and get the Pro machine instead.
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Today evening, I bid farewell to the best buddy I’ve had for the past nine years months.
As you can see, the friend is clearly not happy. He’s been a great friend ever since I welcomed him into the house back in November 2007. I’ve learnt so many new things, made so many new friends, all thanks to him.
It was really hard for me to break the news to him. At first, he didn’t believe me. Then when he did, he became a little aggressive and furious at me. The photo was taken when he spurted out the ‘F’ word to me. However, I still do not understand how he got information about the actual reason for his departure. I specifically made sure he did not know the reason. We have a traitor in the house. The security has been breached. Anyway…
So, here I am, pale and weak. Here I lay, without a Mac. I’ll be forced to use my Windows Machine, which, thanks to Santo.sh, no longer bears the default ugly Windows theme. Though theming it does not change anything, it does provide a little relief.
What happens to him now?
Well, I’m pretty confident that the boys down there will make him drink stuff that he’s never even heard of. Tonight, it heads down to Goa, as one of the (in)famous ‘Popats’ joins the Macboys.
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