So the next morning, AEJ got on the phone and called around to the local stores again to see if any of them had received a shipment of black models. So, thank you to Aaron for pointing that out, and saving us $928.) Turns out that she had an extra year of warranty on it because she’d bought it with an AmEx. (That, and because when AEJ’s iMac died a few months ago, the tech at that store’s Genius Bar told AEJ how to get it fixed for free, even though it was out of warranty.
This is why the Apple Store at the Beverly Center is our favorite Apple Store. It wasn’t for sale, but he was willing to bring it out so we could see it in person. One of the sales guys heard us talking about the black one, though, and said that he had one in back. We played with the white model for a few minutes, but they didn’t have a black one in stock, as they’d sold out within minutes of putting them on sale that morning. You can even boot them directly into Windows, if, for some reason, you hate yourself.) (For those who didn’t know this, Macs now run on Intel processors. Under the hood (on the top model) is a 2 GHz dual core Intel processor - basically meaning it has two 2 GHz processors on a single chip. The keyboard is Chicklet-style, and feels somehow retro. It’s a very cute machine, available in glossy white or matte black. So we headed out to the Beverly Center, and they did, as promised, have the new MacBook on display.
Now everybody goes to The Grove, the fancy newer mall that looks like a village and where you might actually see it snow in LA. The Beverly Center is one of those malls that, as far as I can tell, used to be really nice - and crowded. AEJ called around to find out what stores had the new MacBook on display, and having located some, we headed to the Apple Store at the Beverly Center. On Tuesday, Apple announced new consumer laptops (as opposed to their “pro” laptops, now called Macbook Pro). We kind of accidentally bought a new computer. AEJ and I did some rather spontaneous shopping on Thursday.
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