<p>I guess small laptops be acceptable. But as someone who has spent my childhood chained to a desktop and CRT, 12 inches sounds unimaginably small.</p>
<p>I’m typing this from my new 14.1" 1.86Ghz 1GB RAM Thinkpad T43. I love this thing… it’s such a step up from my 6 year old desktop dinosaur.</p>
<p>I was also tempted by the new MacBooks (cheaper than equivalent systems in the thinkpad line and arguably more stylish) but I decided to stick with what I know (PC/Windows).</p>