Well...

First of all, Happy New Year to everybody. So far, as with every New Year, I seem more tired this year. Strange, yet with a deja-vu-like quality.

Secondly, take a look at this. I have been becoming a major nerd lately because of my now 'new laptop needs' so it's becoming quite the struggle to choose what to buy. With things like that smashy awesome laptops coming out, it made me realize that laptops are becoming the feathered hats of the future. Just like 'coon-skinned caps' or tulips, lappys (as they are affectionally called) seem to be aimed more towards how they are designed rather than how they perform. (Although, thankfully, they are less about trendiness and asnd more about usability than, say, cell phones/mobiles). My guess is that in 10-15 years, laptop design will be much more important than laptop performance...

Since we're all eventually going to succumb to implanting computer chips in the side of our head/hands/ankles, etc. =)