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I’ve been considering moving from a pc laptop and pc desktop to a Macbook for both home and travel use. Everyone told me to wait for today to see what would come out. Here is my take from a non-Apple user and a common man. I currently use a Dell 700m 12" laptop which I absolutely have enjoyed from the day I purchased it almost 3 years ago.

The Macbook Air is beautiful looking like most Apple products. It would be a great choice for me as I visit loads of companies and travel a bit.  And for me, carrying lighter weight items is better. It might even help me with the ladies.

But here’s why I am not rushing to the pre-order button:

• has no ram upgrade ability
• priced almost 2x as much as a standard Macbook and the same price as the Macbook Pro (this is the big factor in decision making)
• slower than the slowest standard Macbook
• has a non-replaceable battery - James updates me by saying this Air has a 5 hour battery while the normal Macbook has a 1.5 hour battery - for comparison, my Dell 700M has a 5.5 hour battery
• not sure if it can run all day with no fan as I would use it 24 hours a day

I totally get the crowd that Apple goes for with their products. I’ve got 3 weeks to decide and read the reviews from the gadget blogs and experts. If you do plan on getting one, Amazon has them listed at $1794 with no tax and free shipping - might work out to about a $200 savings over purchasing at Apple retail/online stores.

Do you plan on getting one? If so, leave a comment on what you will be replacing please.

Allen do want though

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Earlier this month we wrote about Twitter and their lack of a business model. Some believed that they don’t need a business model at this point, just a massive userbase. People are beginning to rely on Twitter (which is a good thing for them) but will massive outages on key dates cause users to look elsewhere?

For gadget bloggers, today is the super bowl. It’s the day that they workout using the Wii for all year long. They don’t sleep, they eat lots of pasta, no beer, etc. Several key bloggers noted that they would be using Twitter for live coverage of the JobsNote. But unfortunately, Twitter died. And even now, after JobsNote is over, I still get this message, "500 Internal Server Error".

Nicholas at Valleywag has some of the info from their perspective on the outage. Adam has some additional info over on Mashable. An official note from Twitter has been posted, "Twitter is currently experiencing some slowness related to the massive number of updates around Steve Job’s keynote at MacWorld.  We’re working on it and will keep you updated!"

If a massive userbase is the key to success for Twitter, unfortunately they just failed. Guys, you might want to make sure the servers can handle SXSW, cause all the people suffering from Twitterdiction will be there!

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