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[meppi]

Man, I was finally able to buy this little beauty.

Been looking for one for several years now.
Since they don't pop up very often over here and buying one from Japan would mean paying €600 plus possibly several hundreds more in tax and import duties, I've been looking for one being sold in Europe.

For the people wondering what exactly this little box does, it's an upscaler that's perfect to get old systems to work on HD TVs.
It upscales the picture without any lag in B1 mode and also adds scanlines to the picture so it looks just as great as it did on a CRT set back in the day.

Mine is of the XRGB 2 Plus series. Now the wait is on for the postman to arrive. 

[triverse]

Awesome!  Congrats on getting one of those XRGB 2 Plus's, I know you have been looking for an XRGB unit for awhile now (patience is a virtue when looking for a deal).

[meppi]

Oh indeed.

I was very lucky to find a kind person who was willing to change the shipping options so that I could actually but the device.
And as you very well know from buying tons of magazine packs from the UK, a lot of times people simply refuse to sell to someone outside the UK, even if it's just across the canal to Belgium...  

But luckily this time it wasn't the case.
I'm hoping to have the machine early next week so I have a couple of days left to enjoy it during my vacation.
But knowing the way the Belgium postal service works, that might be a pipe dream.

Oh and I just upgraded to OS X Lion which was released today for €23! 
Why do I mention this?
Because I just noticed how awesome this new automatic spell corrector is in Safari. Very nice!

[triverse]

That is awesome.  I completely understand what you mean about sellers and such (I have dealt with a few that wouldn't ship from Canada into the US for instance).  Annoying, and a lost sale on so many times.

New OS X is out?  We are looking to buy a new computer early next year and I have been keeping an eye on the newer Macs coming out (and forecast to be released soon).  Definitely something we are considering.

[meppi]

Yep, it's just been released today actually.

So far everything I've tried seems to be working perfectly, which normally isn't the case when switching from one OS to the next.
Really quick and painless way to do this.
All the programs, folders and documents stay exactly where you left them, including all the settings, preferences, bookmarks and just about everything you can think of.
The only difference being that the actual OS gets replaced from being OS X Snow Leopard to OS X Lion.
Quite a few new features added. Over 250 are listed on the Apple site.
The first things I've noticed is how iOS and OS X seem to be coming together with this Lion.
Basically taking the best from both worlds and throwing away old things that don't work or replacing them with things that feel a lot more natural.

Only tried out a fraction of what the new OS can do and accidentally discovered some features I wasn't even aware of before.

Can't believe they actually sell this for $30 instead of $300 like others do.

The multitouch implementation alone is something that will change how computers are used in the future as I'm sure it'll get copied in the years to come.