Ok.

Don't laugh.

But the truth is...I haven't had a new home computer since 1998.

Yup, 1998.

Stop laughing.

And what's worse...it's a dial-up.

So, very reluctantly, I am now being dragged kicking and screaming into the 17th century.

Yes, I've made the decision to buy a new computer!

And that's where things get really tricky.

What kind to get?

I am sort of leaning towards an Apple since that is what we use here at ABC 4 - at least some of the time.

But even if I go Apple, do I get a laptop or a bigger desktop for my study at home?

It's what is sometimes called "the tyranny of choices."

Anyone have any suggestions?

THEN...when I have a new computer, my high tech friends tell me I will have to set-up my own website and then a MySpace page and Facebook and etc.

Oy!

My dad, who is nearly 80, disengeniously calls himself a Luddite which, broadly, is someone who is highly suspicous of new technology.

But the truth is dad has a new Apple desktop and has gotten pretty good at surfing the web.

How do you think I get a lot of my story ideas  :) He sends them to me.

So who knows?

Maybe I will end up with the same type of computer that dad has.

After all, I've heard it suggested that the Apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.

Until the next BLOG, I will be in the political backroom.