I see where you are coming from. IB was a very challenging experience and it is one of those programs that were geared towards getting you ready for University life. But I live at home and I have to drive 40 minutes to get to there - there is no real passion and you get shunned for having Apple products. I didn't mention that I was developing software, and the plan over the next year is to learn how to do basic programming in Java - it just seems like more of a distraction.

Thanks for your advice - this was my first beta test. It lasted over a month and I've learnt a lot. I managed to get about 20 or so active testers because a MacStories Editor tweeted about it.