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Had to burn a DVD today to get some promo stuff out. I'd never done that on a computer before. Pretty simple, or should be, but you know how these things can go. Everything's download-a-new-this, update-the-driver-that, and two hours later you're actually doing something. If you're lucky. And I'd never even launched iDVD, even out of curiosity. So I wasn't expecting perfection.

But that's what I got. Totally self-explanatory. Everything worked. In twenty minutes, I had menus and graphics and music picked out. Like it's supposed to be. Now there's a DVD burning just beneath my right wrist while I'm typing this, with enough processing power that I can go about the rest of my work and not even notice a delay. So, wow. If you're looking to get a new machine, well, there.

Disclosure: I own a few shares of Apple, so I could arguably be a member of the cult. Use your own judgment.

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