I've been living in the 1970's for several years now. I didn't have a TV or a computer. But then man-friend lent me his TV indefinitely, and his VCR then I got a DVD player, and apparently the very bottom of this slippery slope is computer ownership. Not exactly an early adopter, am I? I wanted to make sure this 'computer' fad was really going to be the shit.

So, on the weekend I bought a used (how else could I have gotten this?) Powerbook 170 Mac for $15. I think I might have been ripped off I should have offered $10. But it does work! Has an fabulous 40MG hard drive and 8MG RAM! It almost keeps up with my  i n c r e d i b l y slow typing speed. The screen has an awesome 2 colour display. The astounding thing is that when this came out FOURTEEN YEARS AGO years ago, it was $4600 US. It has a roll ball, which is so much better than those hideous nipple things, or those flat touchpads. Why did they change this feature?

So please welcome me to the nineties, I hear they're going to be really neato.