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I called ahead on my way out of work, and the iBook was a hour early, so it was waiting for me when I got home. First off I pulled it out, booted it up, and went through the setup finalization of Tiger, all was good.

I spent the new few hours putting all my settings in, inporting my photos to iPhoto, all my music over to iTunes, re-synced my iPod (all that probably took over an hour).

I played around with my Sony Clie, I managed to sync off a bunch of old contacts from it, so that made me happy. On top of that I’m going to copy my contacts from work when I get there on Monday so I should have a prety accurate database. (same goes for iCal)

On an interesting note, I wasn’t very happy with the way the iBook wouldn’t let me span my desktop (or use higher resolution on the secondary monitor), I found a hack (described to be a firmware hack) here is a link to the site. The iBook only came with a Mini-DVI to D-Sub cable, I wonder if the Mini-DVI to DVI cable will work with it too.

Oh well .. I’m signing off for the time being ..

I’ve ordered an iBook (specs below). Its gonna arrive at my doorstep today at 6:30 pm. Can’t wait! =)

Apple iBook 1.33GHz 12″ ComboDrive 1.33GHz PowerPC G4
512K L2 cache @1.33GHz
512MB memory (DDR333 SDRAM)
12.1-inch TFT Display
1024×768 resolution
ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

32MB DDR video memory
80GB 5400rpm Ultra ATA hard drive
Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Built-in AirPort Extreme & Bluetooth 2.0
Apple iSight

I’ve also ordered a Mighty Mouse, but its a bit back ordered, so it’ll come in in the next week or so.

This makes it my first Apple computer, from here on I guess I start shunning windows and the like (oh wait .. I already do =).

– update

I’m also not gonna get the iSight today, since the shop went out of stock on them. I should get the mouse and the iSight late next week.