How To Buy a Macbook Air

My regular backpack is looking pretty beat up. The zippers often get stuck, and on various places the bag looks worn and discolored. I think it’s time for a new bag, but what kind of replacement should I get? I’ve used shoulder bags in the past, but I never found their capacity large enough to carry all my gear. But then again, shoulder bags have some nice advantages: they’re a lot more fashionable to wear, and in hotter weather they don’t contribute to excessive sweating by smothering the back.

How do I decide what to buy? Well, if I want to look cool I’ll need to get a shoulder bag, but this means I’ll have to lighten my load somehow. So what in my daily arsenal weighs the most? My 5.5 lbs laptop. It’s unfortunate, but there’s no way to remedy this problem without completely replacing it. That’s the tough reality of ditching my juvenile backpack!

What are my choice of laptops? Since last year I’ve been very happy with OS X, so I’ll have to stick with Apple products for now. This narrows my options down to two notebook models: the Macbook or the Macbook Air (my current laptop is a Macbook Pro). Obviously, there is only one real choice here — the super sleek and sexy Macbook Air! It’s literally made for slender luggage.

So there you have it. I have successfully traversed, using flawed but deeply satisfying logic, from buying a $60 bag to owning a Macbook Air. Now I just have to wait until the Penryn upgraded models are announced before I put in my Christmas-in-September pre-order.

What’s the most outrageous or expensive thing you’ve bought using this style of reasoning?