I have been debating with myself whether to buy a new computer or not. After all, I did buy a new laptop (Mac Book) a little over a year ago. The problem is, the Mac Book I have is limited to 2GB RAM. I prefer to set up my development environment so that I can do everything on one machine. If I am to do this, I need to have ColdFusion, Apache, and (because most clients I work with use MS SQL) Parallels with Windows XP and MS SQL server running on the same machine. Needless to say, this challenges the 2GB limit quiet fiercely. This is a tolerable trade off for portability, but for my office PC I really wanted something that was...     ...well, more powerful.

On Tuesday, I made the decision to buy a new one. I have been eyeing them for some time and a good deal presented itself on the Apple refurbished site. I've always felt that the wisest move is to purchase the most cutting-edge computer you can afford (within reason of course). I settled on a dual quad-core 2.8Ghz MacPro. It arrives tomorrow and I'm excited. It will be nice to not have to pause when switching between applications.