I've become very annoyed at my battery in my MacBook Pro, it's been a weak point in the case. I seem to always put the most pressure right where the battery is when moving my laptop. Sure, it could be moved, but does everyone grab the laptop the same way? Could it ever be moved to a good place?

I'm not sure how good the battery in the new 17" MBP is going to be, but I think it's the right idea. Most people replace their laptops every 2-3 years (especially in the high end world), and those who don't will surely have battery replacement options.

A more interesting issue is how do you "unfreeze" something with a built-in battery? I've had to remove my battery a few times to get the machine to cold start, not sure how Apple's worked around that with the sealed battery.

C. Crane's GEOBulb looks very promising in terms of the future of LEDs, but the price is quite painful. I'm personally using some 120-130 lumen candelabra LED bulbs, which delivers close to the light of a 25 watt incandescent.

The LED bulbs are now coming in different color temperatures, so things are progressing.

I've always felt Microsoft is likely doomed to follow Wang Labs decline from huge success to irrelevancy. The only real question is the timeline.

Wang, like Microsoft, dominated for a long time with proprietary OS and software, generating gobs of money and being a huge company. Then one day it seemed like the world just walked by them and they stopped selling new stuff and just sort of faded away.

Microsoft's decline will could be more complex, largely due to the Xbox and Windows Mobile markets with their own cycles, but Microsoft seems stuck in their tell-the-market-what-it-wants mindset instead of adapting to changes.