New Computer April 30, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Weird , add a commentLast week I ordered a custom-built brand-spanking new Apple G4 laptop! (Back to the hood, yo.) Anyway, it shipped yesterday and I received a FedEx tracking number from the UCI bookstore (where I bought it from) and I noticed that they said it would take 6 days to arrive. I thought to myself: how can it possibly take 6 days to ship something from Northern California (where Apple is headquartered)? Then I realized that I didn’t recognize the orgin state abbreviation… the state was CN, not CA. But that must be a typo. Ok, so what city? Shanghai… as in Shanghai, China! So I guess that answers the question as to where they built the computer. 
Right now RedEx says it is in Anchorage, Alaska, so it’s really getting around. It’s traveled 10,000 miles and I haven’t even received it yet.
I’m looking forward to the new computer. I really like OS X, the ability to work anywhere, the convenience of having UNIX on the desktop (for my website), and anything shiny and new.