Why a Developer Laptop?

&#62; developers couldn’t resist the siren song of ‘It Just Works’ married to a Unix kernel<p>For me, it's more than just a Unix kernel. It's the usability of the system as a whole, the application ecosystem I use, the tools that are preinstalled, the Unix kernel and a proper terminal, and the fact that all of this is bundled into a nice looking, well made laptop that combines all of the previous points seamlessly.<p>The last time I bought a Dell laptop it had great hardware, but didn't get close to approaching a Mac Book Pro in terms of build quality - has that changed?<p>Sidenote: Tynt blows, why use it?

Who in the world would buy a $1000 laptop with Intel's 3000 series graphics chipset?<p>If this is supposed to compete with the MacBook Air, Dell completely missed the boat, especially with a $799 air coming out within the next 3 months (oops, beans spilled... sorry Apple).<p>Additionally, I'd rather have the MacBook Air so I can run Windows AND Mac OSX and write native iPhone apps, and I'd still spend the same $999.<p>Yes, Apple too missed the boat by using Intel's 3000 graphics chipset, and YES, Apple's hard drive is smaller, but NO, the Dell can't run OSX...<p>Why can't these folks just give us a 10-hour, 14" Air-like laptop with an nVidia 560Ti, 256GB solid state, and 8GB of DDR3-1600 RAM for $999? THAT's what we really want, right?<p>Right?<p>Beuller?