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Krish just so happened to be watching the live video feed the other night. He felt compelled to email me with suggestions, and I felt compelled to respond.

I have just watched your wife Ponzi unwrap her brand new Macbook Air in which you state that she is looking for portability. I find it hard to believe that your wife has searched everywhere because if she had, she may of come across the Toshiba R500. This laptop is a 12 inch, 2.7lb laptop with very good specs. It also comes with extra security with their brand-new finger scanner. Anyway, I have just written to let you know that if you really were choosing for portability, I think you may of rushed in to things a little bit too quickly.

Yeah, but… it can’t run Mac OS X.

Yea but it is more compact, lighter and is much more secure than the Macbook Air. Plus Windows isn’t that bad. I have run Windows all my life so its only my opinion. Also I have actually used two Toshiba R500 laptops and I think they are very lightweight as well as portable. It also runs fairly well.

Doesn’t matter. Still can’t run Mac OS X.

Yea but as far as I know, Ponzi had put Windows Vista on the Macbook Air. I have never used Vista purely because of the fact that most reports show that it crashes. Anyway, I am sure Apple OS X is good but as far as I know Windows Xp and Vista still have a lot of features. Plus I have seen how the new Macbook Air has a lot of extra things you have to carry. Even without those things the Macbook weighs 3lb. However, the Toshiba, in comparison, only weight 2.7lb. Plus, with the Toshiba, you don’t have to carry all these ‘extras’.

What part of “it doesn’t run Mac OS X” are you not understanding? :) It’s not just about the hardware, but the operating system running on top of it – for me, that’s a very important factor.

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Krish just so happened to be watching the live video feed the other night. He felt compelled to email me with suggestions, and I felt compelled to respond.

I have just watched your wife Ponzi unwrap her brand new Macbook Air in which you state that she is looking for portability. I find it hard to believe that your wife has searched everywhere because if she had, she may of come across the Toshiba R500. This laptop is a 12 inch, 2.7lb laptop with very good specs. It also comes with extra security with their brand-new finger scanner. Anyway, I have just written to let you know that if you really were choosing for portability, I think you may of rushed in to things a little bit too quickly.

Yeah, but… it can’t run Mac OS X.

Yea but it is more compact, lighter and is much more secure than the Macbook Air. Plus Windows isn’t that bad. I have run Windows all my life so its only my opinion. Also I have actually used two Toshiba R500 laptops and I think they are very lightweight as well as portable. It also runs fairly well.

Doesn’t matter. Still can’t run Mac OS X.

Yea but as far as I know, Ponzi had put Windows Vista on the Macbook Air. I have never used Vista purely because of the fact that most reports show that it crashes. Anyway, I am sure Apple OS X is good but as far as I know Windows Xp and Vista still have a lot of features. Plus I have seen how the new Macbook Air has a lot of extra things you have to carry. Even without those things the Macbook weighs 3lb. However, the Toshiba, in comparison, only weight 2.7lb. Plus, with the Toshiba, you don’t have to carry all these ‘extras’.

What part of “it doesn’t run Mac OS X” are you not understanding? :) It’s not just about the hardware, but the operating system running on top of it – for me, that’s a very important factor.

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