Monday, January 09, 2006

What will happen?

Mac World SF is tomorrow. What will happen? All of the rumor sites are talking about new laptops using the Intel processors. I'm hoping not, because I was thinking of getting an iBook this spring, but if they are moving to Intel, I don't want to be a part of the first versions of those. Better to wait it out until the bugs are fixed and the software is ported to the new platform.


Speaking of software, that would be another expense, getting native versions of everything again. But, if they stick with the G4 for a few more months, then just maybe an iBook is in my future... I guess it will all be made known tomorrow.


What I really want, rather than a computer, is a bike. But which one? My Trek road bike has a bad case of "the shakes" when hitting 29 MPH going downhill. I don't know if something is out of alignment in the wheels/fork, or if the frame is just wearing out (it is a 1992 bonded aluminum frame), or what is going on. I bought is used a few years ago and I can't recall if it has always done this, or it just started when I replaced the rear wheel. Why would the rear wheel cause a frame shimmy?

But, there is the temptation of a new mtn bike, which is what I really kind of want.... but all of this stuff is $$ and $$ needs to pay for things like heat, (ouch) mortgage, home repairs, and the eventual decline of the Saturn.

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