Destroying computers with sledge-hammers has become kind of passé although we're always happy to watch PC laptops being smashed to bits.

Now here's a new video of a MacBook Pro being attacked with an axe. This one's a cut above the rest (trust a Mac user to do it different). With plaintive mood music and appropriate echoing sound effects and slo-mo, a long-haired dude destroys the MBP with an axe.

Watch it and weep!

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Will the new MacBooks abandon their polycarbonate cases and come in aluminum, like the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro?

Chris Maxcer at macnewsworld.com speculates that it might be an option:

The MacBook Air's relatively fresh form factor will likely remain the same for a while, but new aluminum cases for the other MacBooks in Apple's menagerie -- ones that will key off of the Air's thinner, slightly rounded design -- might be on the way.

Plus, there are some rumors that the new MacBooks -- likely slated for a September rollout -- will sport a glass, multi-touch trackpad.

There's that touchpad thing again! Anyway, read Chris's article in full here.

After Steve Jobs hinted at new Apple products, the pundits have been busy peering into their chrystal balls. One of their prognostications is a cheaper MacBook. Analyst Gene Munster says:

“We believe there is an 80% chance Apple will introduce redesigned MacBooks and possibly new MacBook Pros at lower price points.

“Specifically, Apple may re-enter the $999 price point (currently $1099) with the MacBook, or test the $1,799 price point with the MacBook Pro (currently $1999).”

More details at appleinsider.com.

Daniel Terdiman of news.cnet.com took two MacBook Air laptops with him (lucky man!) on Road Trip 2008 - his recent 4,600-mile trek through the South with a carload of gadgets.
When he got home to his MacBook Pro, he was in for a surprise:

Compared to the Air, which I'd really gotten used to as I drove around the South, the Pro was really heavy. Shockingly so. And thinking back over the countless hours I spent with the Air in my backpack on my back as I visited endless places, I'm eternally grateful for all that weight I didn't have to carry.

He goes on to detail the advantages the MacBook Air can offer a traveller and concludes

"...this computer really is what Apple is marketing it as: A machine for the wireless road warrior. With a little bit of careful preparation, you can make the Air do what you want it to do. And your back will hurt a lot less than it does if you carry around a full-size laptop."

You can read Daniel's excellent article here.

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