I've now waited quietly for week. I just rang Nextbyte
and I was informed that there is a 2-3 week delay on new machines. I
said, is that because you don't have any parts in Australia ? to which
he replied, that all new machines are put together in Singapore and
then shipped from there. It all depends on how fast they're working.



I must say this is a very strange feeling for me. I've paid for it, yet I don't have it.

I was on Cloud 9 for about an hour when I got a phone call from Nextbyte
to say that unfortunately the machine that they had in stock was a DOA
(Dead on Arrival). I was then informed they'd let me know.

Two weeks have past since my friend wanted a quote on a couple of Macs.
He wasn't overly interested, so he went and got a PC instead and had a
few days worth of hassles (due to incompatible RAM with the
Motherboard).



Anyway, so I went into the Mac store and said "I'd like to buy an iMac".

A friend of mine is thinking of getting a couple of Macs for their business - as Nextbyte
(Apple Reseller) is located just down the road from where I work, I
said I'd go in and get a few quotes for him. I'd always wanted to go
and check out the Apple store, now I had an excuse.



It was at this point, I thought to myself, I so want one of these
babys. The machines I got the quote on, I was told, I would be able to
walk out of the store with the machine. I thought great !

The first computer I ever bought was an Amiga 500. I lived with my
parents and brother who both owned 386s. With the death of Commodore, I
was left out in the cold and at this point my love for PCs began. This
continued for several years and still continues today, to some extent.