The Jesus Lappy?

In other news for Apple, their latest product launch - of the ultra thin Macbook Air - hasn't gone down terribly well.

Yes it is very thin, and yes it looks lovely. Well done.

Now let's see why it's so thin.

Does it have a DVD drive? No. Does it have a full-travel keyboard (so you can actually tell if you pressed hard enough)? No. Does it have lots of USB ports? No, just the one. Does it have a modem port? No. Ethernet port? No. Firewire port? No. Microphone? No.

Right, so I'll be needing quite a hearty USB hub if I'd actually want to use it then? Yes! And I'm guessing that won't be included in the no-doubt frighteningly high price? Yes again!

And continuing Apple's recent trend, the batteries in the Macbook Air aren't removeable, so when they stop charging back up - and Apple have form in this - you end up with a shiny, thin, brick.

Whiny Mac Fanboys

And in yet more completely non-startling news - this time from The Inquirer - Mac users believe themselves to be superior to non-Mac users.

The study of 7,500 respondents, also revealed that people who buy Macs are "less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large."

Again, I'm not sure where the news actually is in this. Still it is always nice to have statistical proof for something you've casually observed, isn't it?