A Stocking So Full, It’ll Fall Off the Mantle
December 2, 2007
I apologize for interrupting the deafening silence around this blog, but I’d like to get the word out and this is one of my ways of doing so.
When I began working from home, I was excited to buy a new main Mac. My four-year-old PowerBook dutifully helped me through the last year of college and my first few years of working on my own, but once the Intel Macs came about, I could no longer resist the urge to upgrade. I ordered a Mac Pro just after they were announced, and received one of the first with the ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card after a considerable shipping delay.
It has served me well, but in the meantime, I quickly realized that I would need another laptop for traveling in my business with Automattic. I picked up a MacBook Pro nearly identical (on the outside, anyway) to my old PowerBook, and was surprised at how happy I was to have the option of portability again.
I like the MacBook so much, in fact, that I’ve decided I can’t really justify owning two fancy computers just for myself. So, the time has come to put my trusty Mac Pro up on the auction block on eBay. The machine is in pristine condition, just over one year old, with an AppleCare extended warranty to boot. The only original item not included is the mouse (donated to a friend a long time ago).
I’ve priced the machine at about $2,000; a pretty good deal when you consider that brand new, the same machine would cost about $3,000 plus tax direct from Apple. Not to mention that this computer is the tool with which I’ve designed some of the web sites you know and love, including WordPress.com and, of course, this one.
If you’re interested in the auction but would like to contact me first, leave a comment and I’ll respond to you directly, or, of course, you can contact me via eBay.
You can never have too many computers. Or games. Or books – though you can have too many shelves I feel.