iBook!

I'm posting from my new 14" iBook that I've been playing with all afternoon (including GarageBand!). I'd been meaning to get one for years now, and almost did last year at this time, but I hemmed and hawed, then had to move to a new apartment, moving expenses, etc. This year upon receiving the tax refund, though, I decided it was now or never, that I absolutely had to get this laptop while I had the money in my account (and while I'm still a student -- love that $100.00 discount).

So I've been trying to install OpenOffice, which has been a pain. They try to intimidate you, saying you have to be an advanced UNIX user to be able to use OO for the Mac. Then there are all these other hurdles; I had to insert the OS X install disc 3, download and install XFree86 Darwin or something to that effect, and now I still can't open the program, because I have no idea how to answer this question: "Where is your preferred X Window server?" Huh? It gives me a list of a bunch of applications, but I guess I'll wait until someone can help me out. Either that or just use AppleWorks. I can save files in .rtf and .doc format, so it might work out okay. Or, might this work itself out once I upgrade to Tiger?