Over the past few weeks I’ve been debating the purchase of a new laptop. No, my PowerBook G4 is still chugging along, but there is something to be said about doing your homework and research on your sofa, wirelessly, rather than being tethered to an Ethernet cable near your router.

I’ve been looking at the Eee PC, and the ubuntu subnotebooks because my N800 experiences this far have been quite positive and I am willing to give linux a try (again). No, I am not giving up on the Mac, but spending $1700 on a tricked out MacBook is quite a lot compared to spending that money on a $500 subnotebook. My needs are simple: web browsing, office applications, IM, video (youtube, divx, etc) and RapidWeaver! I can’t see myself going back to another website creation tool having used rapidweaver for the past few years, and unfortunately it’s only a Mac product.

I am keeping my fingers crossed for a Mac subnotebook for the masses. The MacBook Air is nice, but I don’t want a second computer, and I don’t want to spend more than $700.