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Some time ago I owned an Apple Powerbook G4. Not a bad machine, though a little sluggish from time to time. For one reason or another I lost interest in it, and went back to my Windows desktop and laptop, eventually selling the Powerbook.

Lately my interest in the Mac world has risen again. Having Intel based processors these days, it’s opened up a whole new world of possibilites. To cut a long story short, we went to the Apple store in Sheffield yesterday, and came away with a nice shiny 20″ iMac, with wireless (mighty) mouse and keyboard.

I have my music all set up on an external drive, along with Harman Soundsticks II speakers (which are very nice, my music is sounding great), and iTunes actually runs nicely on the iMac. The windows version is a complete mess compared to this, which is why I normally wouldn’t touch iTunes with a bargepole. But I think it may become a favourite now (apart from the store at least).

So, I’ve spent the last 24 hours busily exploring new software and various gizmos (like Quicksilver and Growl). It’s opened up a whole new world. I’m sure I’ll be happily exploring new things for days and weeks to come. Oh, and if you’re a Mac user, feel free to mention your favourite bits of software in the comments, although I’ve owned a Mac before it’s been a while!

My software favourites so far are -

• Adium
• Growl
• Transmit
• Quicksilver
• ComicBookLover
• Twitterific