Bummer - went to the Apple shop after lunch ...

[AtW]

And still better value that your tatty sofa ...

You prefer to sit on your Mac Air instead of sofa?

[sasguru]

You prefer to sit on your Mac Air instead of sofa?

In your life it's one or the other.
Unlike you I can afford both

[NickFitz]

Well, it's PC hardware with fancy looking BSD OS on it...

That's a bit like referring to a Windows 7 laptop as "IBM PC-Compatible hardware with a fancy-looking derivative of MS-DOS on it" - it's kind-of-true, yet at the same time so unbelievably far of the mark as to be ridiculous.

[AtW]

it's kind-of-true, yet at the same time so unbelievably far of the mark as to be ridiculous.

All's fair in love, war and sasguru bashing

[Old Greg]

All's fair in love, war and sasguru bashing

Have you been bashing the sasguru again? Will add to urbandictionary.

[d000hg]

So, in conclusion - non-technical permie manager gets sucked in by marketing and buys overpriced kit that will be replaced by much better generation in a few weeks.

Exactly what you'd expect from sasguru.

1)You wanted to buy an iPad
2)£900 for an ultra-thin, SSD-based laptop isn't overpriced.

[AtW]

1)You wanted to buy an iPad
2)£900 for an ultra-thin, SSD-based laptop isn't overpriced.

I've already got light laptop, and desktop PC - iPad fits into new niche - much lighter than laptop and it does not even matter if it was more expensive. Cretin.

[landl]

... as I had the afternoon off and spent close to 900 squidoos on a Mac Air 11 inch I don't need.

Lovely piece of kit though.

Strange, I thought you might be more concerned about the carbon footprint involved in purchasing items you don't need, what with us all melting around here.

[Ruprect]

To the OP, download and install "Little Snitch" to stop those pesky applications phoning home...

[d000hg]

I've already got light laptop, and desktop PC.

What do your PCs have to do with SG?