This morning, as we sat on the couch, sipping coffee and discussing our monetary situation, the doorbell rang. The FedEx guy had dropped off a little package on our doorstep and waved as he drove off:

It was no larger than a breadbox, but once she opened it, the genius of good package design was revealed:

She ordered the Core Duo model with 2 gigs of RAM and the maximum hard drive—essentially, the pimpin’est Mini money will buy. I’m absolutely green with envy.

This is going to be a HUGE leap for her. She’s been using a circa 1999 blue and white 400mhz G3 tower, and it’s showing its age.