If only Apple and Microsoft would merge!
I know, I know, that's blasphemy but reading about the new PowerBooks in this Wall Street Journal review (subscription required) and seeing the ads plastered around downtown San Francisco makes me yearn for a PowerBook...but it is just too much of a hassle that it doesn't run Windows. I wish the two companies would somehow figure out how to work together much, much more closely.
Not sure thought what's going to happen with Jobs' desire to make Apple the Sony of computers since it seems that Sony itself may become the Sony of computers. I was at Costco and saw a great looking Sony computer with a flat screen monitor...and of course I'm the proud owner of a Sony Clie Palm handheld which is by far one of the best designed handhelds on the market.
The 12-inch PowerBook is one sweet little laptop. Sheathed in an aluminum case, it has the feel of a finely made camera. And it's the smallest notebook I've tested that sports a full range of features, including one I've never seen on a compact laptop. Yet it's significantly less expensive than some comparable Windows laptops.
...The machine abounds with the kind of clever design touches for which Apple is known. CDs and DVDs are sucked into the machine through a slot, like in an auto CD player, so there's no protruding tray. The rear hinge dips down so the screen sets lower than on other laptops, making it even more compact for use in tight spaces.