I looked at it again, paused, and looked at it again. Was all that really necessary? Maybe it was all my changing needs, but lugging around two laptops had reached the end of my tolerance.

Okay, so I really don't need to lug around two laptops, but thanks to Microsoft ditching their software vault and me not realizing that I had my copy of Visual Studio in the vault when it ended, I can't transfer the software to my new laptop. So, I lug around the old laptop for doing Visual Studio work, which is less and less each day as the project that needed that tool fades into the distance. I'm onto Ruby and Android development now and even my new laptop has become a drag - literally.

Let me go back in time

When my less-than-recent laptop started acting funny, I thought it best to invest in a new one before the old one died. I wanted more screen so I got a 17" HP. I really liked it even though it was quite heavy. More screen = better. However, now I'm reconsidering the decision.

Enter the thoughts of MacBook Air

So now I'm thinking lighter is better and I'm looking at the MacBook Air (13" model) and I'm seriously considering it. It's about twice as much as I would spend on a Windows laptop, but there are other things that I want to do (Garageband is one of the bonuses in which I'm interested).