You know, I can understand Leo being disappointed at my dropping out of his powerbook acquisition scheme but I didn’t expect him to get nasty:

Also, I know need to find a way to stick it to Adrian. There’s but one way: I need the 17″ model now (he got a 15″). I think someone’s compensating for something. The fact that my first comment to my housemate (who owns a 12″ powerbook) was “this should put an end to your computing supremacy” not withstanding. Of course I think Leo’s desperation is getting in the way of his logic now:

Anyway, here’s the new scheme: apple should give it to me. C’mon Steve, show you’re serious about open source and supporting young scientific, ahum, talent. Do throw in an XServe while you’re at it. Imagine the, ehm, enormous positive publicity you’ll get from having my popular — really! — weblog hosted on an xserve and updated (wirelessly because I’m sitting out in the sun on our wireless campus) with a fancy powerbook. Really Leo, that’s stretching it a bit. The powerbook screen is a bit hard to see in full sun – you really should ask for an Apple umbrella too. Oh and a few beautiful women gently fanning you and feeding you grapes would improve productivity no end – obviously increasing the amount of publicity you generate for Apple.