I guess I should start at the beginning. A few years ago I used to rock an ultra thin notebook from Dell called the X10. Below is a similar model the x300. I loved this notebook. It was thin and pretty beefy for its day. It was light but didn’t feel flimsy by any means. It didn’t have an optical drive and I was totally ok with that because once all the software is installed I rarely used an optical drive any way. I have desktops for that. I used to own this laptop prior to being an Apple fanboy but nonetheless I still look back on it with fond memories. In fact I remember saying back then, and my friends will attest to this, I wish Apple had something similar and I would totally switch. Not long after I got my very first iMac. The snow 800mhz iMac. Which is still in my home serving up my music library and doing menial tasks from time to time. Actually up until rather recently it was my main workstation for designing. Me the iMac and my waacom tablet would work late into the night on a semi regular basis.

The latest addition to the house is a new silver iMac. It’s beefy and a huge leap forward. It’s amazing how much faster rendering in finalcut is and how much better Photshop runs. I literally cut 4 hours of work time from most projects I give all my MAC’s their own names. The new iMac is called 200Red. My old one was called Cube, etc. Anyway I’m getting a little off topic here. Back to laptops. Since my little dell was on its way out I decided that my new notebook would be an Apple. I however was not a fan of the high price points that Apple products maintain so I shopped refurbished. I got a hold of a 12″ Powerbook, the smalled notebook post OSX that Apple made. I’m currently writing this post on it. I got it for its size but it has a few flaws like getting incredibly HOT when charging the battery. Nonetheless I love this little guy, it’s my primary day-to-day computer.

Now comes 2008 and Apple introduces the Macbook Air. My jaw hit the floor, it was exactly what I wanted like 7 years ago. It is bloody gorgeous. I’d love to get my hands on it to see how it truly feels and handles. I had heard the rumor of this laptop for over a year now and in the back of my mind hoping that it was true. Apple rumors are a dime a dozen so I tend not to listen to them and simply wait for Jobs to come out with his black turtleneck and say “there’s just one more thing…”. I cannot beleive how amazingly thin this laptop is. I think I’m going to have to visit the blood bank or something in order to upgrade this time.