Our trusted 12inch Powerbook G4 is slowly but surely giving up the ghost and we have been shortlisting the possible replacement. We know the reviews of the Macbook Air have been rather critical due its poor performance as a notebook/workstation. But who cares, the Air is just so extremely desirable and we want to get our hands on one. The only thing that is putting us off is the price. Yes yes, we know there is always a price (literally) to pay for fabulous looking things but if we do our sums right, we can actually afford 2 x notebooks for the cost of one Air. Here is what we are more likely to burn our $2000:

Macbook Black $1099, and…

HP 2133 Ultra Compact for $599