The good news and the bad news.
Good news.  Mac OS Snow Leopard had been released and installs are going fine.  Still just $29.  Not a full new OS but worth the price.
Bad news: Pre orders are all over for Windows 7 coming out on Oct 22nd.  The price for Home Premium is $119.  DO NOT get the basic.  It is too basic for anyone.  But don't get more than Home Premium.  You don't need more.
Good news.  If you are still running XP and never up graded to Vista you are safe this time.  You will be able to up grade to Windows 7 from XP.  Just a little gift from Microsoft knowing what a STICKER they had with Vista.  Pre order Window 7 right from the Microsoft website and order Mac OS Snow Leopard right from an Apple store or from the Apple store online.  I do not recommended buying it from Amazon.  They are late to ship.
More next week.  As always, ARE YOU BACKING UP????  Check to the right for the easy way uisng Mozy.  Do you really need to back up?  Well, just ask yourself what if the computer you have was not there tomorrow.  GONE!  What would you do?  Mozy backs up to the "cloud".  Even in the event of a fire you will have your computer data back.
Me?  I use Mozy, an external hard drive and mac's Time Machine.  Please don't ever make me say I told you so.