[quote]yikes! hides behind his faithful Toshiba 
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Hah! That wonât help you any! The cheap plastic in the Toshiba wonât stand a chance against a rock! You shouldâve hid behind a Mac! 
Speaking of which, Iâm amazed at how well Mac Laptops hold together. Most PC laptops these days are made of very flimsy plastic that makes it far too easy to damage internal components. In comparison, I was on the bus the other day working on my iBook. The bus driver stopped suddenly (I still donât know why) and everyone grabbed for something to keep from flying forward. Unfortunately, a lady seated perpendicular to myself wasnât so lucky. She went stumbling off her seat and landed right on my open laptop screen! The hinge bent backwards and I heard a mild âcrunchâ. I was absolutely certain that the screen and the keyboard were no longer the same component. :o
Yet low and behold, when she got up I found that the hinge was still intact! Her fall seems to have broken an internal component that helps keep the swivel straight, but otherwise the laptop was undamaged! I took it to the Apple store, and they said they can repair it, but Iâm not sure if Iâm going to bother. The damage really isnât that bad, and the laptop works just fine. Howâs that for good engineering!
In any case, Iâm stealing the spotlight from Kev. Itâs definitely cool that Windows machines are now OEMing Java. It creates a larger userbase for us developers and saves the user from large downloads. It also helps Windows catch up with Mac OS X. ;D