Are there any Windows laptops that have a full-size keyboard but ditch the optical drive to save weight? Otherwise, the one Gud linked to is 4 lbs, which isn't too bad.

I covet the Air pretty badly too, and I'm still deliriously in love with my 15" MacBook Pro. There's entirely no point for me to even look at it. Except--so pretty!

I'm getting my sister an iTouch, so I'll probably take this opportunity to finally upgrade my iPod one way or another. That needs to sate me.

I don't need a full sized keyboard, I just don't like the touchpad thing because you either have to type with one or two fingers or lay it down flat and loom over it. Both of which I find annoying. And touchpads don't like me for some reason, they are less responsive to me than other people. I mean they work, but I feel as if I'm always slamming my finger on the screen.

The thing I don't like about netbooks is that they tend to have very slow processors and limited memory for not much less money than a regular notebook.

It IS possible to run MS Windows on a MacBook Air...

The thing I don't like about netbooks is that they tend to have very slow processors and limited memory for not much less money than a regular notebook.

They're generally adequate for web browsing, word processing, etc. If that's all you need it for, they're fine.

My netbook sometimes had problems playing video though.

I was looking at Mac notebooks at Best Buy the other day, and the amount of wasted space on the portion where the keyboard is annoyed me. It looks like they wanted to give you a place to put your coffee cup instead of giving you a good-sized keyboard. Closed, they're kind of nifty looking, but open not so much.

It IS possible to run MS Windows on a MacBook Air...

I think it'd be funny to install DOS on my MacBook Air, plus a bunch of programs from the '80s and '90s. Then I could confuse people on the train and in cafes.

Vortex, have you tried playing around with an iPad? I HATE the typing on the iPhone, but have found the iPad to be sort of normal typing with both hands. And the cover I bought for it allows it to be propped up 4 different ways and that helps, too. But I don't mean to push you towards something you've already decided against.

I have to admit that since the iPad, I have only used my home laptop for doing my taxes and archiving/sorting my email. There are weeks that I don't open it.

I was looking at netbooks, then I discovered that Windows Starter "helpfully" keeps you from modifying the Folder and Search Options. So you have to pay even more to have a version of Windows without training wheels. Heck, you pay more for the training wheels, Starter is like a Big Wheel tricycle.