I went out with Carlos last night to the Apple Store in Menlo Park mall in NJ so he could get his first Mac. He ended up with the 13″ MacBook, taking advantage of the back-to-school iPod and printer deal. In addition he got a copy of iWork ’08 and the AppleCare… a fine evening of worthwhile shopping, if you ask me.

The Apple lady, Talia, was quite pleasant and helpful, joking around throughout the entire process. I also saw her there last Saturday when I went to get my mom one of the new Nanos. They were having major issues as the credit card servers were not responding, and so all the customers were backed up. The employees were doing their best to expedite the process, but you could tell they were stressed about it. We spoke of the happenings of that day and a variety of other topics. There was another employee there, Jeff who was a bit grumpy. He yelled at me for filming in the store. Ah well. It was a fun experience.

I follow the Apple rumors to try to keep atop of what is going on and so I know when to buy and when not to buy. There are speculations surfacing of an impending MacBook revamp in the next month or so. We weighed the options and decided that this current MacBook with iPod is better for Carlos than waiting, and so bought now. He decided to ask the Apple employees about the “new MacBooks” coming out, to which they smugly replied “what new MacBooks?”. It made me laugh, and they laughed as well. The Apple rumor mill is a fun thing.

And so this increases the amount of my Mac converts. If memory serves me correctly, the blessed ones are as follows:

1. Michael
2. Romulo
3. Jen
4. Janelle
5. AJ
6. Grace
7. Samantha
8. Jesus
9. Carlos

And it seems as if Kirk is preparing to make the jump now as well. The Macinlove spreads.