I've cross on the other side... and I like it

A few things happened in the past few days... I am now permanent and we got an iMac. The picture below was taken with the camera on the computer.

the purchase hasn't been as smooth and as elegant as I associate Apple with:

• Because I'm on Voip, I'm not on Canada411 so validating me an my credit card took a while.
  
• I asked for an English machine and I got a French one. When I called the store I felt like I was bothering someone. So I am now finger typing on a wrapped keyboard to make sure I can return it. No 30 words/minute here. Takes away from the experience.
  
• The learning curve is bigger then I expected. And the menu bar only on top of the screen may work well on a 9" screen, but it;s a lot of travelling on a 20" screen. Not very ergonomic.
  

I love the machine though... very much.