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10:37: front door, FedEx overnight truck, with iPad.

Am still unwrapping the usual beautiful Apple packaging, plus trying to decipher the use of the itsy bitsy metal loop-with-spike (pops out the chip), when

10:45: garage door, FedEx general delivery truck, with iMac.

Toys!
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iMac: has arrived at the FedEx sorting center in Atlanta after its cross-country drive from California. Delivery is on for tomorrow.
iPad: order status shows "Prepared for shipment". According to the rumors, that means it will also be delivered tomorrow. Sometime tonight (they say) the status will go to shipped, with overnight delivery. [fingers crossed]
[added at 9:15 pm] I have a shipping notice! "Estimated delivery Apr 30, 2010 by 3:00 PM"
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The new toys have been ordered. The iPad, the work laptop, and a 27" iMac are all in process, along with a few related toys. Pent-up demand, me? The last serious electronic toy was the iPod Touch, now about a year and a half old. My iMac G4 (the lamp model) dates from 2002, an eternity in computer years. The work PowerBook G4 is newer--made in 2005, might have been purchased in 2006.

Now, the waiting. The work laptop, as previously reported, was ordered, returned, and a newer model ordered. I have no tracking info on this process, all handled by our computer section. Probably just as well, lest my head explode.

I ordered the new iMac last Thursday with extra memory, which delays the shipping. It left California Monday and should be delivered Friday. The all-in-one printer and an Airport Extreme were delivered yesterday, but I've left them boxed up while trying to clear part of my desk and plan the re-arrangement of cords. Oh, and I got a *real* UPS locally, long a deficiency of my home setup.

The iPad was ordered after Tax Day stress, but is the model promised to ship at "the end of April". MacRumors reports that orders placed before April 18 will be delivered Friday, so I should get mine then. I'd like to get it set up and take it on my trip to Columbus, OH the first part of next week.

As you might guess, I'm not leaving the house Friday until FedEx gets here!
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My sister-in-law needs a new Palm, and neither of us has looked at what's out there recently. We're hoping someone can offer advice. Her current one is a Palm Zire 72. She needs mostly the organizer functions (calendar, address book), an easy to read screen, and it must run some games. ("Mom, can I play on your Palm?") She keeps a few ebooks around, but that's not a priority. She doesn't need a phone, camera, or Internet capability on it.

Any suggestions for current models that meet the criteria? Reliability is a plus--it will lead a hard life.

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