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Snow Leopard, Windows 7, the good ol days and the fastest way to my cloud

I remember watching QVC back in August of 95 when they were showing computers running Windows 95 for the first time. I bought my first copy at the local Target (an upgrade from Windows 3.1). I remember how exciting it was to install something so new and different. Back then, the mac was in sort of a dead zone. Microsoft had the excitement up. I had read about it in some computer magazines, but prior to main stream internet usage, there wasn't much beta testing going on like there is today. I am writing this post from my Windows 7 RC1 machine in my home office. I say this as I was thinking about the upcoming release of Snow Leopard this Friday. I woke up Monday morning and checked all of my common news sites from my iPhone as I do every morning. When I discovered Apple announced the Friday ship date and opened pre-orders, I immediately placed my order. I also got in on the Windows 7 pre-order for $49 and will be expecting the promised Oct