That New Mac Smell

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Ahhhh. The smell of new plastic. The beautiful sheen of an unscratched, unsmudged laptop.

My new MacBook arrived yesterday. Lee and I had been talking about getting a new one because my old laptop (really a Lee-hand-me-down, but I was happy to have it) was starting to get quirky. It's pretty old, and it was showing it's age.

Then, while we were in Portland, I learned a very important lesson. Laptops are not baby toys. Who knew? Camille accidentally broke the monitor hinges on my old laptop while I was letting her type. (Thank you Cami!)

My new laptop seems great, and so far the transition from my old one has been seamless. I don't have a name for it yet though. Still working on that detail...

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