I bit the bullet and went with a new 15″ MacBook Pro @ 2.33Ghz and 2GB of RAM.  I figured it would be a little faster, but everything, I mean everything, is much faster than my faithful 15″ G4 PowerBook.

I was really impressed with the Migration Assistant that Apple supplies with their OS.  It transferred everything from my old G4 PowerBook to my new MacBook Pro flawlessly.  All of my settings, browser favorites, iTunes library, iPhoto library, etc.  Everything.  I was able to logon to the new one exactly like my old one and just start working.  Very nice job Apple.

Oh, and it even made Google Reader better to use.  My G4 PowerBook used to get hung up in Reader and the processor would hit 100% causing the fans to come on.  Not any more.  It blows right through all of my items like a hot knife through butter.

Overall this thing looks a lot like my old PowerBook, but the screen is way brighter and has a higher resolution.  So far there is not the least bit of buyer’s remorse that I usually feel when I spend money.  I’m feeling pretty good about this one, and my wife gets the benefit of getting my G4 PowerBook to replace her extremely old G3 Tangerine iBook that looks like a Hello Kitty purse.