iMac

I bought a new iMac yesterday — this was, in part, an impulse buy, but one I'd been thinking about for the past day or so. New models had recently been introduced, and this seemed as good a time as any.

I had no idea there was such thing as a "new computer smell"!

A necessary part of the process of installing a new computer is, of course, the ritual cleaning of the desk. In the process, I discovered an air intake vent on the old iMac I was somehow unaware of, which had become covered with dust. (Small wonder the fan had become so loud.)

When I noticed the keyboard had a symbol for the Euro, I thought that was just Apple being forward-thinking. But then, when I started to use the computer, I noticed that the keys seem to have been mislabeled — the characters were where I expected them to be (I can't quite type without looking at the keyboard, but I can usually get by without paying too much attention), but not where they were indicated on the keyboard.

A quick 30 seconds of research, and I've come to the conclusion that my iMac somehow mistakenly came equipped with an "International" keyboard. I'll have to replace that, sooner or later.