I have never been one to wait for purchase, usually if I want/need something I just tend to buy. However I was patient enough to wait for a new computer. Lately I have been dealing with storage issues on my current Mac mini (that will be hitting eBay in a few weeks). Its a great computer but 160GB of internal storage just is not enough for me. Mine currently has 10GB free, and I have a USB MyBook 500GB drive that I use to backup my Home folder and iTunes folder with storage for home movies (shooting in HD takes a TON of space), and a second USB MyBook 500GB drive that I use for DVD rips, that sadly is also pretty much full.

So I was more than pleased to see the new iMac’s offering 1TB of storage space. Sweet! Now that in addition to 2 500GB MyBook’s I should not have any issue for a long, long time. Now I can sell this Mac mini and finally not have any storage issues. Sadly the mini was a great computer and power and performance wise was more than enough for me.

Of course I went all out with the new iMac in hopes that I will be able to keep and use it for quite some time.

I went ahead and purchased the new 24″ 2.8 Ghz iMac with both iLife ‘08 and also iWork ‘08. I skipped the new wireless keyboard because…well it sucks. Its not a full keyboard. What the hell? Why would I want that? I am a person who actually uses and wants the numeric keypad on the keyboard. So I am not sure if I will switch to the new wired slim keyboard or just use the older (my current) wireless keyboard. Oh well, it cannot be perfect.