At the moment, the laptop market is dominated by two kinds of machines: a bunch of cheap netbooks that don't do much, and a bunch of expensive Apple notebooks t

At the moment, the laptop market is dominated by two kinds of machines: a bunch of cheap netbooks that don't do much, and a bunch of expensive Apple notebooks that do a lot and do it very well. Huh? Oh, okay: (Seven of the top 25 best-selling laptops on Amazon are MacBooks.) Word to the wise, Slate: Serious people don't buy laptops on Amazon.com. newegg's bestsellers consists of computers of roughly equal or greater power of MacBooks: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2004940032%204802&name=Top%20Sellers http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&#3...