Dilemma Dilemma

UPDATE:: I am writing this to you from my very own new Macbook. Mmmm.

So as my graduation looms ahead on the proverbial horizon, I find myself searching with growing desperation to fulfill the promise my father made to me oh-so-many years ago when I first embarked on this journey. "Graduate college," he said to me, "and I will buy you a new computer."

Okay, so maybe it wasn't quite so dramatic, and it definitely isn't something that I've thought about every day since, but since I am graduating soon, I really am getting kind of ancy for a new 'puter. Being constantly chained to my desk can be kind of tiresome, and I like the idea of having the mobility of a laptop to bring with me wherever. That way I can do my writing in fabulous and trendy places where I won't actually get any work done but I'll look cool, right?

Anyway, my current dilemma is between whether or not to spend my computer budget (or, rather, my dad's allotted computer budget) on a hyper-portable netbook (I'm looking at the Dell Inspiron Mini 9), made for easy transportation, and then get a docking station with a large monitor and some sweet accessories, or if I should get a nice pretty fancy macbook instead. I mean, I'm not going to lie, the idea of having a mac is pretty tempting, and I know that since 80% of my friends are mac converts this would probably be the course of action they suggest, but I'm still torn. I just don't know. But what I do know is that I want my new computer very soon, very very soon indeed, because as all who know me know about me, I am not an especially patient person.

Anyway, so ends my diatribe on what is currently on my mind. You're all very, very welcome.