I'll just be happy if they can release an aluminum-clad notebook that's actually portable. I hate my MacBook Pro with a passion; It creaks and warps if I pick it up with one hand, I could cook an egg on it even after disassembling it and reapplying the thermal grease, and the screen, while nice, makes it much too large for portable use. For me, somewhere between my 3-year old Powerbook G4 12" (that I have recently gone back to) and the 15.4" MBP lies a subtle dividing line between "portable" and "luggable", but I won't carry around something made of shiny plastic with a shiny screen, that looks and feels like a toy.
I want a laptop with aesthetics, that fits well in my bag, and that doesn't feel like it's going to break under its own weight when I pick it up. For me, as I would assume for most readers here, a laptop is a second machine that should serve a limited purpose, comfortably and pleasantly. An aluminum 13.3" without an optical drive and using a solid-state disk sounds as good as anything I could have imagined on my own. If it feels as sturdy as the PB 12", I'm sold already.
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I'll just be happy if they can release an aluminum-clad notebook that's actually portable. I hate my MacBook Pro with a passion; It creaks and warps if I pick it up with one hand, I could cook an egg on it even after disassembling it and reapplying the thermal grease, and the screen, while nice, makes it much too large for portable use. For me, somewhere between my 3-year old Powerbook G4 12" (that I have recently gone back to) and the 15.4" MBP lies a subtle dividing line between "portable" and "luggable", but I won't carry around something made of shiny plastic with a shiny screen, that looks and feels like a toy.
I want a laptop with aesthetics, that fits well in my bag, and that doesn't feel like it's going to break under its own weight when I pick it up. For me, as I would assume for most readers here, a laptop is a second machine that should serve a limited purpose, comfortably and pleasantly. An aluminum 13.3" without an optical drive and using a solid-state disk sounds as good as anything I could have imagined on my own. If it feels as sturdy as the PB 12", I'm sold already.