Because I would take pictures of my new computer’s absolute sexiness.

I cannot explain how much I love Macs. And this computer takes the cake. It’s awsome. Too bad the only webcam is inside of it - because I really want to show this thing off.

I have a real dilemma here.

Okay, so I ordered my macbook last night. The reason I ordered it online is because I wanted to customize it a bit - add some RAM and add 20 gigs of hard drive space, from a half gig of ram to a full gig of ram, and from 60 gigs to 80 gigs of hard drive space.

I just looked because they started processing the order, and even though I chose an expedited shipping option, I’m still not going to get my laptop until Aug. 2. By then I won’t even live here anymore (Boyfriend and I are moving Aug. 1, we just don’t know what our addy will be yet).

My dilemma is this - I want the computer before that. A week, including weekends, I could deal with. Two weeks? Forget it.

So my question is, should I cancel my order on Apple.com, and just buy a slightly downgraded version at the Apple Store or Best Buy? I’d save money and possibly be able to get an ipod - however, I’d have a slightly less functional computer. Keep in mind that I could upgrade it at a later date if I wanted to, that sixty gigs on a Mac is a little more than you’d get out of sixty gigs on a PC, and that Macs use RAM a little more efficiently than PC’s do.

Would it be worth it? I need input, help!

Edit: I cancelled the order from Apple. I can upgrade later (there’s a full-service Apple store in Sacramento, where my uncle lives, so I could do that) and with the money I’ll save, I can get my boyfriend his birthday present (an ipod shuffle). Thanks, everyone! I’m sorry I haven’t been posting much lately - Real Life, as much as I hate it, has to take preference over the Internets. *sigh*

A friend sent me a link to this great article on the systems that “failed” and how they have led to some of the most innovative decisions in videogames:

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3471&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=0 

I still can’t believe there were some out there that considered the trivia for the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology giveaway to be… well, hard. Seriously… with Google as your ally, those answers could have easily been picked up in a few minutes or less.

Does that mean the contest is over? No… we’ve just made it even easier to win. Really. At this point, we’re practically giving away the damn games for free. All it takes is for you to just send in your full name (a real one, preferably) to contests@got-next.com to be entered in our drawing. That’s it. We WANT to give away these games, but c’mon — you’ve gotta make a little effort here.

I must say though. Still disappointed no one knew the answers. Seeing as the giveaway has been altered, here are the answers:

1. How many characters are in the arcade version of Street Fighter Alpha 3?
2. Name the fighting game Tessa first appeared in.
3. Pocket Fighter allows you to store up to ___ guages

• a. Five
• b. Eight
• c. Nine

4. What does Charlie say when you get a perfect?
5. Name the other platform in which Street Fighter Alpha Gold was released on.

Answers

1. 28 (p.s. I realized after talking to Travis that some could of assumed I meant home arcade ports of A3 — I was really talking about the actual arcade… and not Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper either.
2. Red Earth
3. (c) Nine
4. Too easy
5. Sega Saturn