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How about a system I could use for some browsing\/blogging\/etc. from the couch? A secondary up to date laptop with a small form factor. Something like a 12&#8243; Apple iBook. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nAdded bonus: As a I develop on wintel I always have to ask Mac-people to check my work for me. Owning a Mac myself would surely help.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So this morning I went to the Mac center to see for myself.<br \/>\nStarting at &euro; 1.039,- for a full featured notebook. That sounds attractive. Some highlights:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thinklemon.com\/weblog\/stuff\/20050802_appleibook.jpg\" alt='Apple iBook 12&quot;' class='alignright' \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very nice design.<\/li>\n<li>12&quot; TFT; 1024&#215;768 resolution.<\/li>\n<li>2,2 kg; ~A4 paper size.<\/li>\n<li>512 MB memory (1,5 GB max).<\/li>\n<li>Combo drive (DVD &#038; CDRW).<\/li>\n<li>Mac OS X Tiger with Safari RSS, Dashboard, iLife, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Firewire 400 &#038; USB 2.0.<\/li>\n<li>WiFi G &#038; Bluetooth.<\/li>\n<li>Scrollpad.<\/li>\n<li>HD protection against dropping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BUT&#8230; they&#8217;re not yet available in The Netherlands. \ud83d\ude41 I could buy an older generation iBook for a &euro; 90,- discount. No thank you. Half the memory, a smaller HD, missing options. I need one now and I want the new one.<\/p>\n<p>So how about a wintel 12&#8243;er? A quick look around the shops, to no avail. Alle the notebooks are at least 15&#8243; and have to be widescreen nowadays. A PDA isn&#8217;t what I&#8217;m looking for. I want a normal keyboard and a slightly higher resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully there&#8217;s a nice movie on tonight&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may or may not know currently my trusty workhorse is in repair. Unfortunately it doubled as my &#8216;personal&#8217; laptop. During the day I worked on it for my clients and in the evening I did some personal stuff (mostly browsing). 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