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[uzoma nwosu <uzoma.nwosu AT gmail.com>]

Okay, I'm in.

I don't know about the rest of you but I'm poor.  Really poor.  And I
really don't see how the price point is negligible.  I was drooling
over my friends powerbook last summer so I hang around the Apple store
for a few hours and get a feel of the system.  They are really nice
machines.  And I've always loved how their keyboards felt. But I've
also always been annoyed with the one-button mouse/touchpad--and no, I
don't want to attach an external mouse on my laptop if I don't have
to.  I as a linux enthusiast, I prefer three but, I digress... So I'm
specing this 12" powerbook out and I just stopped.  It was too much
effort to own one.  I went to the Dell booth in the mall and priced
the beefed up 300m.  I can't remember the prices but you definitely
got more computer for the money with wintel.  Needless to say, I don't
have either. BTW, my friend is selling his powerbook after 7months
usage.  He's in law school and they can only take their exams on a
wintel machine.

But I will argue with you toe to toe about price.  It's a big reason
why a lot of folks don't own one.  Ipods are also nice but I don't
need one.  I'm not getting sucked into the hype.  There are plenty of
cheaper players out there and when I can afford one, I'll get one. 
Plus, it'll play ogg.

Between trading and upgrading with friends, I've spent $200 and have a
Dell Latitude 400MHz laptop AND have Shuttle AMD 1900  w/80Gig
harddrive and b/g wireless card.  That's cheap.

I know Michael Best has a Fujitsu and I've met a couple of other
Fujitsu users around town.  Have any of you looked at their laptops? 
They are INCREDIBLE. I've been following the Fujitsu lists for a while
now.  You should check out the P-series laptops
(http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Ecommerce/productoverview.do?type=NB&pgid=Notebooks#Ultra%20Portable).
 They have a off switch for your wireless which saves serious power
when you don't need it.  5 hour battery--and get this, with a second
battery they get close to 11 hours.  They all weigh a little over
3lbs.  And tons of other good things.  I'm planning on getting one
when I switch jobs.  Lifebooks rock.

So macs a great.  Just not for everyone like they like to believe.  ;)

 Uzoma