There was an interesting batch of communiqués in Ye Olde Road Warrior Mailbag this week, and they got me to thinking that the "right" choice of computer has a great deal of subjective preference about it. Among Apple's three distinct Family categories of notebook computers, you simply can't go wrong; you just have to figure out which best suits your particular mosaic but needs and tastes.

Jim wrote to say that to handle a MacBook Air is to want one....

However, one of the best MacBook Air analogies I've run across compares the Air to a sports car, with the implied corollary being that the MacBooks and MacBook Pros are sedans, or SUVs or station wagons of the computer world.

Ergo, the MacBook Air would be the Mazda MX5 Miata or Pontiac Solstice of the computer world...

The sports car analogy works for me with the MacBook Air. Nobody needs a sports car, but they can be tremendously rewarding to own and drive so long as one is prepared to live with and work around the logistical realities, or just don't need much carrying capacity.

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