I truly believe this. I cannot think of a single good reason not to. And the CEO’s obsession with Microsoft Outlook does not count!

I have helped a few business move to Apple’s Mac OS X and I repeatedly receive praise for the encouragement.

So it was fantastic to hear the IBM is testing such a migration: IBM launches internal pilot program to test migration to Macs

Leave it to Jason Calacanis and his review of the MacBook Air to impede my efforts, calming myself from plopping down $1,700 for a MacBook Air.

Ugh! More internal rationalizations

Weight: My 6lb+ PowerBook is just too damn heavy. Those trips between my office and my living room are brutal!

Ethernet: What’s that?

USB: I think my digital camera still uses this…

DVD drive: Um. Ok. I need that.

Price: No. $1,700 is not overpriced. Calacanis argues that “for business folks there isn’t much difference between $1,000 and $1,700″. Most business folks I know are willing to pay a hefty tariff for ultra-portability, $2,300+.

Must… Fight… Rational…

Leaving what technological advancements there may be out of the picture and what do we have? Just a gorgeous, thin Apple MacBook. Yes. But there is much more to it than that.

Does it challenge human computer interaction like the iPhone? I think so.

While the iPhone challenges human computer interaction, the way one explores and plays with data, the MacBook Air challenges the way one approaches computing all together. Computing being a form separate from mobile devices.

Wh can’t computers be like my stereo or dvd player?

I have heard this from people a surprising number of times. Some people want the computer to be a set-top box, each “feature” on its own. Ok. Completely ridiculous. It did work very well for blackberry, breaking out email, but that was a necessary baby step. In any event it negates the purpose and advantage of a personal computer in the first place; Personalization. Each machine can be setup to do specific jobs determined by its owner, since it is all software anyway.

So…

…there is a lot in this statement:

This thing weighs nothing but feels “full” because of the full keyboard and monitor. This leads to AMAZING “lap feel.” The lap feel on this thing is off the charts. It’s so light that you don’t feel like anything is on your lap! I picked up my laptop bag the yesterday, put it on my shoulder and started looking for my laptop. Then I realized the laptop was in the bag I’d put on my shoulder! That’s how light it is… you’re going to think you forgot it when you pick up your bag. – Jason Calacanis

It is still a full on personal computer, sacrificing things that may very well be useless (see above). It is pushing this new process of how we use our computers, keeping the personalization intact. The last time I had heard someone say that they wish computers were more like home stereo equipment was a few years back, because peoples’ attitudes have changed. Laptops are now becoming the norm, the preferred computing device.

I have always imagined a truly dynamic piece of hardware, similar to Bug Labs’ modulated devices. But instead of modulation, where desired pieces snap together, imagine a piece of hardware that could dynamically grow and shrink in size. Imagine if the iPhone, by pulling on its corner, could literally be stretched out 15″, into a full on MacBook.

I don’t think I’m dreaming…

It is official. Apple is now selling a new iPhone with double the storage, a bump from 8GB to 16GB. The 16GB model fetches for $499, with the 8GB model is still at $399.

Is it enough? While the limited 8GB storage was a factor in holding some people back, myself included, will the lack of 3G still keep people from buying one?

I outgrew my iPod Nano before I even owned it, so doubling its capacity would be a big deal for me. I’ve never really been annoyed with the speed of EDGE on my blackberry, I am usually around a WiFi connection, so it may be time for me to snag one of these bad boys.

Apple also announced a new iPod touch.

iPod touch now comes in a 32GB model for $499, joining the 16GB model for $399 and the 8GB model for $299. from apple.com/pr

We all have opinions about things we are passionate about and I am no different. So here is my quick take on Apple’s new member to the MacBook line. The MacBook Air. (First Look at the MacBook Air)

Absolutely Gorgeous
Yes. It is gorgeous and super thin and light. Ok. I love the black keys and surprisingly the slight clam like curvature to the body’s edges is nice too. It just looks cool.

Wow.

Wizard.

Meh, But So What
I truly expected something more from Apple. A new approach to mobile computing all together, apart from simply being the thinnest computer. Thin is just not enough for me. It’s been done and playing the thinner game is boring to me.

It comes off as a necessary step in a revolutionary process. Somehow without it we could never move on. Nah! I say skip generations! Move faster than you need or even should! Why not? Don’t take the easy, obvious way out. Taking away drives, being purely a wireless device does not count. It barely begins to scratch the surface of what computing will become.

So Do I Want One?
Fuck Ya!

No more lugging around my 15″ PowerBook G5!

Room in my bag for more useless junk!

Trackpad gestures so I can get more done, faster!

Envious stares at the hippest Cafes!

Bromide and PVR free!

Glass is free of any mercury and arsenic!

$1800.00…Come on… That’s priced pretty well!

Gulp! Aaaaaaa!

I had always been puzzled by the new found joined-at-the-hip friendship between Apple and AT&T when the iPhone was released, until recently.

It turns out that AT&T is paying Apple $18 each month for every iPhone user on the AT&T network for the exclusive relationship. This estimate, from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, sheds some light on the strict attitude Apple has taken with people un-locking their iPhones to work on carriers other than AT&T.