2 months ago I replaced my mac mini by an ibm thinkpad,
I only had to pay few additional money to get a new computer with 3 years guarantee, with much better hardware and a computer and lithium akko that was really portable ... I am glad I replaced my mac mini by this thing :-)

now that I worked on the notebook ... the screen is basically to small, the keyboard too uncomfortable for everyday use, but it is ok when using that thing at uni for maybe 2 hours (but of course with usb mouse, the touchpad or the red stick are not really my thing) ...
but I just connected my 22" screen and now an additonal pc keyboard ... and now I have basically a good desktop pc at home, which I can take with me to some place if needed :-)

now that I worked on that 14" screen for about 2 months, the change to 22" feels so good :-)
I really need big letters, also in eclipse editor the standard textsize is 10, but I changed it to 14, I think in the long run you really damage your eyes if you use so many small letters ... Also in firefox you can use the zoom button, so you don't have to read so many small text on websites ... also in windows 7 you can use appearance and personalization - display and change the fontsize of the systems used to a bigger ... yeah and all this stuff only really works on big displays ...

I thought about getting myself an additional desktop computer, but then I wouldn't really use my notebook (only sometimes in uni), and so the money for the notebook was basically wasted, I hope this solution will serve me fine, at a first glance it really does :-)

and btw windows 7 is better than os x leopard :-), and probably also better than snow leopard, since snow leopard has few gui improvements, apple mostly concentrated on technical stuff in the os

Tbh. as long as apple is so overpriced as it is now, with only 1 year guarantee, making it void when you just want to upgrade the ram yourself, I will never ever buy a mac again. And tbh. hardware wise the mac mini I bought 2 years ago was a joke, no dvd burner and only 512 mb ram ... I upgraded to 2 gb myself, but still there was no burner ... I tried one usb burner and it didn't work ...
now I have a top of the line notebook with 3 years guarantee and not a low end mac with only 1 year

the notebook cost 550 € and a current mac mini costs 700 €, guess what is better, and how much extras you get in the thinkpad (screen, akku, portability) ...

mac is good, but really too pricey