Of course, just in time to get our pretty darn cool looking G3 minitowers and servers installed, here comes the G4, and they're sinfully cool looking in what looks like silver. (Is that a fruit color, or are we going metallic next year?) This has me deeply excited, since this is going to be what I pick up myself come next July. I'm thinking of one of those "Apple Cinema Displays" too, while I'm at it. I mean, why not, eh? Well, besides the $3,000 or so one will cost.

This year. Clearly, these things are going to plummet in price, and I for one can't wait. Soon, flat TV's will hang on our walls, flat monitors will wallpaper our cubicles, and our environment will become utterly mutable.

It's tempting to get a G4 just as soon as they're available, AirPort and all, but that would be silly. Let them cool a bit, and get one next year, just in time for the G5 (or whatever) to make me all jealous. You're never going to stay at the head of the curve for more than five minutes, after all, so you should enjoy while you can.

One thing I find interesting, though. The G3 Minitowers... are gone. The website doesn't mention them. The build to order doesn't stock them. They're just... gone. The G4 isn't even out there, and already it's the only thing you can order. This shocks me. I mean, they must have thousands of unsold units, all remaindered now. I expect a huge influx of blowout sales for them over the next month or two, and then the Blueberry case will just be "last year's computer." Staggering, really.

Also staggering is the Wiring Upgrade, which apparently will hit my apartment tomorrow or the next day. Ethernet to my computer in my home. Bing. Bang. Boom. 10/100 Mbs internally, 1.5 to the world.

I'll admit it. I'm stoked. This is going to rock. The Academy will be happy too -- after all, I'll be online much of the time. When we develop problems, I'll be on hand to fix them.

On the other hand, I'm just as excited about dropping my second phone line and my ISP account. That's a good $50 a month I'll save without breathing hard. Or $600 a year. Which is a good chunk of change. I can't complain about that.

All of which will make my newfound "enjoyment" of eBay all the more... er, enjoyable. Mmm... sweeeeet...