I am pleased to announce that yesterday I purchased a 30 gig iPod and a 17 inch apple powerbook.  The iPod was purchased at my local CompUSA (for extended warranty reasons), and the Laptop was purchased at an o­nline store.  I am very excited about these acquisitions and I think that they will prove valuable to me in the future.  I have already started playing with the iPod and it works beautifully.