MacBook Pros used in busine setting causes surprise

Arik He eldahl of Busine Week writes today about his shock at seeing MacBook Pros used at a busine meeting. Macs, he says, are a rarity in his world, which is a festival of Dells, Thinkpads and other PCs.

He eldahl relates his experience where a person's MacBook Pro caught the eye of some HP execs. "That notebook you've got there is a challenge to us," CEO Mark Hurd reportedly said. He promised to send someone down to see the MacBook owner to talk about HP notebooks and had some busine cards dro ed off.

MacBooks might not be de rigeur in Wall Street financial circles, but I'm surprised at how surprised He eldahl and the HP folk were to see people actually using them in work-related situatio . Maybe these PC-folk just need to get out more.