It really hurts to be forced to sell my MacBook, but I must react to my sore thumbs. The weight of the MacBook is terrible when compared with smaller netbooks. Apple could easily create equally light versions of their MacBooks, but apparently they consider it to be a non-issue since they continue building heavier MacBooks.

My time as a Mac-user has been fun. I will no doubt be coming back — either using a stationary, or at a later time when Apple gets lighter machines.

“3 kilos — What’s the problem?” you might be thinking. That is a fair question. For most people it would never become any problem whatsoever. For others, however, it DOES become an issue. On many flights hand luggage is limited to FIVE kilos. That leaves only two kilos for a magazine, a newspaper and a few papers when you consider the weight of the bag itself.

In reality it’s therefore a very important thing to have a light notebook, and – in fact – netbooks MAY be a thing of the future. In my case a HP Mini 110C was the best choice. I get an extra 40Gb of hard drive and I cut the weight in half.