Sometimes I write stuff in 10 minute bits, 'cause that's the only time I got.

I adore my 11" MacBook Air. I'm pretty amazed at how much power this little wonder can pack. I've even been able to do some audio editing on it in ProTools with no issues.

New Macbook Pros today with first use of Thunderbolt (Light Peak) connector.

More interesting to me though is that with the developer release of OSX Lion, they've discovered a whole bunch of support of resolution independence which is paving the way for retina-display level pixel-density monitors. [link]

Monitors like that may be a year or more away but that's just dandy by me. I just need mine to last until they're released.

paving the way for retina-display level pixel-density monitors.

I can't wait!

Or maybe I can, until the MacBook Pro has one of those high pixel-density displays.

I would imagine the MacBook will see it before I get mine. They're talking about retina displays for the iPad (though #2 or #3 is a source of debate) so the leap in size from an iPad to a Macbook isn't that bad.

I, on the other hand, await a 23"+ retina display. I may have a bit of a wait.

This seems like a good place to ask... for my Mobile Apps class I need temporary use of a Mac that will run the latest version of OSX -- my 6yo iBook, which is fine for most things, won't run the Apple SDK for the iPhone apps portion of the curriculum.

Ideally, I'd love to borrow a more modern Mac laptop of any kind whatsoever for about two months. I'd treat it obsessively well, guard it with my LIFE, and sing it to sleep each night, and only install the SDK IDE for my actual class work. I could pay for safe shipping both ways, which has to be an order of magnitude less expensive than buying a new and/or used one.

Help with work laptop. Seems a lot of disk permissions are out of whack, so trying to boot from install DVD. I hear the drive spin up, the screen is grey with the dark grey apple logo. Then it just sits there. The DVD drive stops spinning. Screen remains. I've tried holding down C on boot. I booted to the internal, and changed pref to boot from DVD. Same result. Ack! Any thoughts?

I'm in the market for a laptop right now, but I'm a pc girl, so it'll probably be another Sony. Only I'm a little cranked because their trade in program means I'll be without a laptop for a few weeks, maybe more. Well, okay, not without a laptop since I have four others in the house. But you know what I mean! It would be an inconvenience to migrate! Except that, you know, I have a terabyte of external storage, and automatic backups, and actually, it'll probably be fine.

Hmph.

I guess I should just do it.

Ideally, I'd love to borrow a more modern Mac laptop of any kind whatsoever for about two months. I'd treat it obsessively well, guard it with my LIFE, and sing it to sleep each night, and only install the SDK IDE for my actual class work. I could pay for safe shipping both ways, which has to be an order of magnitude less expensive than buying a new and/or used one

I'm out at sea until Sunday night, but let me check what my rental inventory is for the next few months. I may be able to help you out.

Theo, how soon do you need the laptop? I have a MacBook with a broken screen I could repair, but obviously that's gonna take at least a few days. Plus the battery isn't in great shape, so if ND comes through I'd take him up on it instead.