In the speaker's lounge at the recent O'Reilly OSCON, all the laptops I saw were either Apples or Thinkpads. They both have appealing aesthetics for their audiences.
Thank You! I'm glad someone understands that the Macbook and the Thinkpad are both well designed and highly functional but represent distinctly different aesthetic viewpoints. I personally choose Thinkpad, but I can understand why someone might not appreciate its minimalist nature and prefer a Macbook instead.
I'm typing this on a Thinkpad T40, and I think Macbooks are more minimalist in design.
I own both a MacBook and a Thinkpad, and use them pretty much interchangably. I think that they're both perfectly decent machines, and I like the aesthetics of both (albeit for different reasons).
I'm starting to feel like the only person who hasn't taken sides in this...