04-17-2009, 12:50 AM
Simple: a used mac laptop isn't as portable. It weighs twice as much. By comparison, it's unnecessarily large and inconvenient. It's not nearly as portable, cheap, and disposable as modern ultra-small, ultra-cheap netbooks. It's like comparing apples to raisins. A "used Mac laptop" and a Dell Mini 9 aren't in the same size-and-portability category. The musings would more likely have potential for interesting comparisons if it involved two items in roughly the same category.