All good things to those who wait.
http://mbp12.com

Sounds like its nothing more than a larger version of a 80 gig ipod.

Although this isn't the sort of item I'd ever buy, it's impressive to see the work they've done on it, which will probably lead to other people doing it too, to the eventual mass benefit of consumers.

Whilst it may seem odd to do this, this actually reminds me of something I heard about Japanese tech a few years ago, where I found that people will actually pay more for say a 10% size reduction, or an 8% weight reduction and so on.

As far as they're concerned, all improvements are counted towards their purchasing choices, so this may well do well in some Oriental markets too.

Apple really is one heck of an innovative company, and they do it with style. When you look at their track record, they come out with a great successful product (in the last few years anyway), then they continue to innovate. iphone, ipod and their os. They don't sit there like some companies and say "gee were doing great in that market, lets just sit here for the next few years and wait for people to complain before updating it or rather we have something that forces us to update.

There are tons of companies out there that do exactly what Apple does, make os's or media player or phone or whatever.

None of them however get the media attention that apple does. Did apple invent the wheel in most of these areas? No, however they are the company that takes an idea, and runs with it. Like with the apple tv, sure they failed. But they are big enough to admit it then fix it and retry. Have you seen any other companies do that?

This laptop, sure it has short falls, but apple tried to consider every down fall and make up for it somehow without screwing you over.

1. They offer a cd drive if you want it.
2. They considered how to fix every single issues through wireless. Backup, software install and everything else.
3. How could you fix the battery problem? You can't have a easilly accesable battery in something that small, its just not possible. So what did apple do? They provided a battery that gets FIVE HOURS of battery life. Do you know of any notebooks that size that gets that kind of battery life?

They have given software, provided 2gb ram and a full speed core 2 duo processor. An 80 GB hard drive etc.

So instead of saying what it doesn't have, why not look at the fact it is stylish, innovative and extremely thin and light. No more laptop bag, you can throw this in your briefcase or under your arm and it will feel like carrying an envelope.

This notebook is going to set a new benchmark for the industry. You know this thing has Dell, HP and all those other guys scared. They had Intel do them a favor so this could be possible, now that is impressive.

"They provided a battery that gets FIVE HOURS of battery life. Do you know of any notebooks that size that gets that kind of battery life?"

Here are some of them: http://gizmodo.com/34557...e-slim-laptops-face-off

Oh, wait. You meant NON-REPLACEABLE battery. Yeah, none. Apple is the first.

It really isn't that impressive because as is pointed out below, it's a non-replaceable battery and why would anyone want a seperate CD drive? This laptop is like Apple inventing the wheel and then saying we've taken away the outer rim and just left you with the wooden spokes - look isn't it lighter and more streamlined?

"An external Apple Superdrive that connects via USB will cost $99 USD." That is a joke I hope. "Users can also mount CDs or DVDs remotely from another Mac or PC on the network." I can't see myself doing that while I'm on the train.

It does beg the question though that if Apple can get 5 hours life out of this laptop without an optical drive, how many could Apple squeeze out of a laptop with an optical drive.

They don't sit there like some companies and say "gee were doing great in that market, lets just sit here for the next few years and wait for people to complain before updating it or rather we have something that forces us to update.

Without competition, Apple would do the same. Rest is the natural state without opposition.

sounds perfect for the airheads who enjoy this overpriced crap.

I don't want to let the facts get in the way of your fantasy, but, the battery _is_ replaceable with a simple Phillips head screw driver.

http://www.appleinsider...._take_only_minutes.html

I already knew that. But "replaceable" means... ugh. Nevermind.

Hope the external USB network adapter comes as standard accessory because NOT EVERYONE HAS A WIRELESS NETWORK AT HOME!

... and Apple makes no mention that their draft-N adapter can be upgraded when the standard becomes rectified.

apple = crap

Their products are overpriced pieces of garbage. I know their are some apple fan boys/girls who will disagree but I am willing to argue my reasoning. I will honestly never buy an apple product.

please educate us with your supreme knowledge...

This reminds of the buzz about the Motorola Razr phone when they came out. Yeah, they were thin but they sucked.

The primary reasons the RAZR sucked is because it was made of plastic and the software was horrible. Both of those things really aren't a problem with this laptop.

This thing is ugly. If I a thin laptop, I want it to be small as well. It doesn't offer me any convenience by being thin and it still a 13" laptop. I have to carry an optical drive with me all the time too. I prefer them to be 10" or 11".

Don't get me wrong, I like bigger screen too, I have a 12, 14, and 17 inches laptop. I like the 14" the most because the screen is big enough and not too heavy. But when it come to travel, I takes the 12" with me. They both weight about the same.

Exactly. Apple got the fundamentals wrong here. If you want to make a super portable, make it super portable!! Having everything full size but thinner is not what having a super-portable is all about. I have a Vaio TX, and have found it has got all the basics spot on. The keyboard is completely usable. The display is higher resolution, the battery is replaceable (I dont really know what apple is trying to acheive with this idea, I have been through 3 batteries on the TX, only because it is used 12 hours a day and gets charges at least twice), and an optical drive. The external drive harks back to the day of external floppy drives. Not all that viable.

No optical drive and a sealed in battery.
The first question surely is wtf? But the second question must be WHY would you buy a laptop/notebook that had no optical drive or battery that could be easily replaced?

Because you only need an optical drive if you watch movies or play games on your laptop.

And a lot of people do neither.

Well that's just not true. How do you install the software you've bought or backed up? What if I've got photos on disc that I've backed up? There is no reference in this story that it's solely a business use laptop. Your reply just don't hold up Nate I'm sorry to say.

you can use a USB drive or mount the drive of another computer with free software from Apple.

Yeah and one word springs to mind - inconvenience. It's only inovative if you come up with something that people will want that they previously didn't know they wanted.

Yeah, i am thinking i am popping cd's into my computer every two minutes at least. lol.

What kind of retard would pay $1799 for this piece of crap? I bet it costs Apple under $800 to actually make this thing, but they charge you the usual exorbitant premium for being "innovative" and having an Apple logo on it. The novelty of owning the latest Apple gadget and being trendy has long worn off. If you want to empty your wallet and line Steve Jobs' pocket, that's fine, just don't pretend your s**t don't stink because your laptop is thin.

i have a feeling people wont be buying it simply because it's "high fashion"

Well, it seems expensive, but if you compare it to couple years back, the price is more than reasonable enough....

nice.

We replace batteries about every 1-2 years, on average, where I work. I guess Apple is just saying: Get the longest warranty possible or you will suffer.

Apple will be charging $130 to replace the battery, the same price as a new battery for their other laptops. The only problem is, you have to take it into an Apple Store to get it changed (or ship it to Apple). Of course, this shouldn't affect people for 2 years.

This is without a warranty, of course, although I'm not sure AppleCare covers batteries after 1 year (no manufacturer does, not even Dell).

With Apple's track record with batteries, this should go over smoothly. If you do have to send it in, you should get your Mac back in about 6-8 weeks then. Too bad they don't have stores conveniently located near all users.

What some think now to be a moot point, will become a huge headache and a waste of time down the road - not to mention a large expense to the already reduced price of $3000. What do you think the cost of 4 screws would be?

Sure, $130.

Of course, the labor will run you about $260.

Try getting a new hard drive in an iBook. I was quoted $300 for something I can do myself on *any* non-apple laptop for the price of the drive alone.

They bury the "interchangeable" parts on these things so incredibly deep in them that they can screw you royally once the warranty is up.

i wonder if now that the batteries are sealed into the notebook you'll see them exploding in new different ways

anyone who buys a notebook without a warranty is a fool. you drop them, plain and simple.

No, $130 total, including installing it.

Again, all the Apple haters talking about things they know nothing about. The battery is replaceable with a simple Phillips screw driver.

http://www.appleinsider...._take_only_minutes.html

Yet another reason to be jealous of Apple: Non-Stop innovation and now the worlds thinnest notebook! It just gets better and better for Mac users.

Copying the Sony VAIO TZ is innovation?

So, is "Time Capsule" another great "Apple innovation"?

Do you have a brain, or are your fingers hard-wired to Apple's marketing department?

when they showed the sony slide on the keynote i thought they were announcing it as the new apple device and i was like wow that thing is ugly. that cant be it. happily, it wasn't. There isn't much you can't do with a usb connector including ethernet jack, multiformat dvd, 65-in-1 card reader, usb hub, etc. the lack of firewire kinda sucks for people wanting to import media from their video cameras though :(

I still think for the specs it should have much more battery life.

I don't see any Sony with anywhere near the specs of this machine, so yeah, i would say it is innovative.

Yes, Time Capsule is innovative. Show me a product that does everything that Time Capsule + Time Machine does for the money.

Thinnest notebook with the thickest price.

To be fair, the Sony TZ costs more, even if you include the MacBook Air's external Superdrive.

Technically, the mackbook *is* thinner...so it is the thinest...and since there can be only *one* thinest, it is the highest (as well as the lowest) priced "thinest" notebook. :p

/damn market-speak...

Take a good look at the original...you are soon to see Dell, HP, Sony, and every other PC maker try to clone this.

Yes,...and Apple stole it too!

http://softwareblogs.int...er-than-your-cell-phone/

Somehow, I doubt that will happen anytime soon. Look at how long it took anyone to come up with a decent iPod competitor -- and how hard is it to copy a small music player?

MacBooks and PowerBooks have been around for years, and we're just now starting to see innovation from Windows manufacturers.

http://www.betanews.com/...hionable_PCs/1199919839

lmao...

Too bad Apple got the idea for this from Sony, you imbecile.

Man, just when I think you might actually get out of a topic without making an a** out of yourself...

Well, at least you never fail to amuse.

I bet you think "Time Capsule" is another brilliant "Apple Innovation"...

You said it best. As always, Apple is copied but never equaled. Were it not for Apple, we would all enjoy a nice 80's like experience in computing. Darn Apple, if only they had built printers instead of computers the world would still be enjoying a non GUI computer with command lines only. (^__^)

"You said it best. As always, Apple is copied but never equaled. Were it not for Apple, we would all enjoy a nice 80's like experience in computing."

Typical Apple fan with his head up his own ass. Every time Apple pretends to "innovate" by re-inventing the wheel, you got these idiots acting like Apple has no equal. You can make a wheel lighter, shinier and stick your own logo on it, but it doesn't mean you invented it.

"Darn Apple, if only they had built printers instead of computers the world would still be enjoying a non GUI computer with command lines only."

I hope you're joking. And if you're serious, the phrase "brain moron" is not even strong enough to describe you.

Hey, genius:

Read the article. This laptop compete's with the *existing* Sony VAIO TZ.

In this case, it is Apple doing the copying (what most folks would call "competing".

...and you truly are clueless if you think Apple invented the GUI. Only the most ignorant of Apple fanboys falls for that one.

i think having an drive on an apple base station makes it a really sweet internal network attached storage with router. While i think the router itself is somewhat limited in its software, it's very functional. I have one at home and it's perfect there. I would hesitate in using one of those in a corporate environment where you had to do any level of monitoring logs or managing traffic.

that's a prototype from intel for manufacturers to use as a base design. its intention was to inspire manufacturers to do exactly what apple has done with intel tech. this is one of the reasons apple gets favor with intel is that apple will find uses for intels new gadgets where other manufacturers are generally content with the norm... floppy disks and fat keyboards for all.

...at least you didn't call it an innovation. It's a NAS for pete's sake...

the TZ is over an inch thick....not even in the same league. The MacBook Pro is an inch thick or try a MacBook at 1.08 inches.

Well, Intel stole it from Star Trek, so there!

that laptop sure is small
frisbee any one ?

As usual, the pickup truck folks can't figure out for what they would use a 2 seat sports car that lacks a trunk.

I guess you'll just have to figure out another way to carry your inhaler...

As even more usual, the same "I don't care about Apple" fanboys show up to worry and fret over that which they claim not to care about.

Yawn...

There is nothing "sports car" about the MacBook Air. In fact if they were cars, the MacBook Pro would run circles around it. This is more like a mini-Delorean with its stainless steel modern (for the time) looks but with no guts under the hood.

There's nothing wrong with the DeLorean. Most iconic car ever made if you ask me.

/Likes Back to the Future a little too much

"Once this thing hits 88 MPH, your going to see some serious s**t" :)

They sucked. They handled for crap, they were *way* too heavy, and they were *constantly* in for repairs.

Yeah...great cars.

/not bitter at all. Really.

And all of those are real "cons" when you're looking for comfortable time travel.

I prefer the PhoneBooth.

Much more efficient.

The ability to mount remote CD/DVD drives is the most innovative thing here - and that's just software.

Other than that it is another Apple triumph of style over substance.

Not for serious work. An expensive pretty toy for the affluent. I'd take a Dell XPS M1330 over this any day of the week.

what exactly do you mean by: "Not for serious work"? I hear the Apple haters say this all the time.

Because if a Mac isn't used for graphic editing or magazine layout no real work will be done with it. Just surfing and email.

And due to the specs, no one will be using this for graphic editing or mag layout.

99.9% of companies out there wouldn't touch this thing for the enterprise environment.

So the "not for serious work" comment is pretty spot on.

This is no MacBook Pro. The old 12 inch PowerBook was great. That's what this should have been. Of course that is not as headline-worthy as the adoration starved Jobs would like.

This looks, and is likely to be flimsy. It is not upgradeable. All current batteries noticeably decline after a couple of years. I was able to replace my MacBook battery via eBay on the cheap. Who knows what Apple will charge for the replacement of this one? And how long will it take to be replaced?

The jury is out on solid state hard drives. They offer some random access performance improvements but write speed is low and writing is cumulatively damaging. The other option is a slow 4200rpm HD. Not going to be doing much video editing on this machine.

All this leads one to conclude is that this is a toy not meant to last even as long as its battery and not meant to be used as a first line or only computer.

"Because if a Mac isn't used for graphic editing or magazine layout no real work will be done with it."

Funny, the company i work for does a lot of Enterprise Java development on Macs. I will have to tell my boss we are not doing "real" work. lol.

Gotta love numbers pulled out of thin air. (No pun intended).

Ask them if they'd prefer doing their work on one of these or on what they are currently using (am am assuming intel Mac desktops) which are a bit more powerful than these...

I wonder if the Apple fanatics feel insulted that this whole "Mounting a drive over the network" is touted as a revolutionary feature? This has been available since well... Windows for Workgroups and probably Macs for ages as well. Why does Apple take all the credit for re-introducing already existing features - ones that I *hope* even existed on Macs previous. Not just PCs. And if it didn't exist on Macs before then they are just introducing the feature VERY late in the game.

I think I'm going to install Halo now over my network from a "remote optical drive" magically.

they're reminding people who cant detach from physical media that there are other ways to access physical media and at the same time making it practically dummy proof by walking you through the steps and giving it a special name.

"starved" ?

you're reaching

you cant take a desktop on an airplane and make it work. as for this "thing" i'm sure it's more than functional but i still question the speed of the chips inside. even if slow, you could still competently run photoshop, office, or any coding app (eclipse, xcode, dual boot to windows for your visual studios addiction, whatever), etc. As far as I know this isn't below any minimum spec for mainstream enterprise software.

What are you getting at? It doesn't have the performance of a mac pro? That's a stupid argument to make.

Enterprise Java Dev?

Didn't Java die 10 years ago? I know there are a few apps out there that use it for an enterprise, but those are usually being replaced with some updated code.

Not a personal attack, just more of a dig at Java.

My reponse was *solely* intended as a response to El Dingos defense that they use Macs at work.

We do as well. But would you rather run your 3D rendering apps on this, or a lower priced, heavier (but more powerful) laptop?

Sure, you can get work done on it. But there are far better alternatives. This thing is thin, I'll give it that much. But the price/performance just isn't there.

What is real work? I certainly don't think many people will want to do graphic editing or magazine layout on a 12 hour flight. Or Photoshop work. Or even serious programming. Watching DVDs is entertainment. I would like to see someone spend every minute of a long flight doing real productive work on a laptop computer.

Most real work that people will want to do with a portable computer using battery power on the road is content creation: entering data, writing reports based on reviewing documents already on the hard drive, creating documents with a word processor or spreadsheet or presentation tool, working with a database package, or reviewing or preparing emails without actually having continuous internet access.

Most of those activities do not require continuous use of wireless networking for internet access, or even continuous hard disk activity, so I would expect to get rather more than 5 hours battery life, maybe even 7-8 hours, based on my own experience with Apple laptops. A full charge on a well used 12" G4 PB gives me a good 4 hours of word processing and well over 5 hours outputting iTunes music to speakers.

Modern aircraft, especially those used for long haul flights, increasingly provide a power socket for laptops, and so do the newer trains. MacBook Air does have a suitable power adaptor for use in airline seats. Many people use laptops in other situations away from a power supply, such as while commuting by rail, but if I can get 7-8 hours battery life, I can do without an additional battery.

The original Mac Portable was a wonderful piece of design, and like many that are the first of a kind, it was overdesigned in some respects while having weaknesses in others. The battery life was excellent but the machine was heavy. Perhaps the feature least available in more recent Apple laptops was the ability to work outdoors in very bright light, as well as in very dim light. The MacBook Air has a different kind of display with LED backlighting, so it might be better in bright light. What killed the Mac Portable was the press carping on about the weight. I was able to work 8 hours outdoors on my Mac Portable on one battery charge, so I didn't care if it was heavy.

I am seeing a massive overreaction to the issue of battery replacement on the MacBook Air. Those who need more weight devoted to the battery can buy a MacBook Pro and take spare batteries with them. I think the vast majority of MacBook Air users will find that in practice the battery life is more than adequate for their needs.

And i would take a MacBook or MacBook Pro over the M1330 anyday. That Dell is over an inch thick, not even in the same league as the Air. The MacBook and MacBook Pro are one inch thick.

If java is dead, why is java the most sought after programming language in job openings?

This is not targeted at 3D rendering or box office video production. If you need major power, you will not use a laptop, period.

Pretty. But useless. Pretty useless?

Apple has an eye for aesthetics! If good looks are you objective, this is the machine for you.

However, I see some major drawbacks:
- Where's the DVD drive? To watch a movie on the plane, I will have to rip a CD on another PC, then transfer it wirelessly to the MacBook Air. Cumbersome.
- No ethernet port. I can surivive with wireless, but at the desk I like to be plugged in.
- No removable battery will be a huge issue considering Apple's track record with batteries.
- Heat. I know Mr jobs is saying heat is not an issue, but it will be.
- Price. Are you kidding me?!?!?
- Fragility. Laptops are meant to be portable. So this ultra portable machine will be ultra fragile. Since you're dropping so much cash on this, you should go ahead and buy an extended warranty.

Personally, I am more interested in a more powerful, more capable luggable portable as opposed to the industries fascination with CEO status symbols.

That being said, I get a kick out of the press reviews that cite a portable at 5 pounds as being "too heavy" - for who? The wimps that write the reviews?

And as far as this review above - if you have to rip a CD to another PC and transfer it wirelessly, you DESERVE another computer! You plug in the external DVD player at your desk before traveling and run the CD/DVD on a virtual drive,whiz kid!

You sound like the whiny press who couldn't figure out what to do when Apple abandoned the disk drive in favor of the CD format!

And Apple's luck with batteries? So batteries are not a brand issue instead of a battery industry density issue? Yup, its an Apple issue. Welcome to Apple, the premier Battery supplier now too!

Look at the niche this is aimed at...its aimed at fashion conscious execs who only query the latest emails and function in the world of conspicuous consumption - in other words - execs!

Its not intended to be a server or a development machine! For those of you still freaked that it doesn't have a DVD drive, get over it.

Just like the diskette, someone traveling on an airplane or on the road is not attached to the Ethernet except via wireless.

And face it, they Are concerned with looks and such fluff as shaving 3 grams and credit card thinness. If the market supports it, fine.

But it does not suit my personal needs which are for a more robust and powerful MacBook Pro - and I don't care how much it weighs.

It does have a USB 2.0 port. You can get a rather inexpensive USB Ethernet card and likewise a USB DVDRW.

This is a wonderful option for people who do want an ultra portable laptop. It will fit the needs of many and for those that it doesn't appeal to, don't buy it. Simply enough, Apple has another niche gadget available.

I work for a law firm where every atty gets a laptop. By far the most frequent complaint is weight, and we supply them with 3 pound HP ultraportables.

or blu-ray / hd-dvd external for the hd fans

i'm sure there are plenty of women competently working in executive positions that have no desire for macho man arms. even a light notebook when carried for an hour or so becomes a heavy notebook. 3lbs seems pretty darn light

... too light?

HOW BEAU...

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??!!!!!!!!!

NO OPTICAL DRIIIIIIVE???????!!!!!!!!!!!

1800??!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks fantastic, but I prefer my desktop's ability to actually run whatever I want. Also, with something that thin, how do you keep it from breaking accidentally?

apple warranty, carrying case, sensibly cautious use. if you need any other common sense answers please feel free to ask your nearest preschooler

And Apple's obsession with everything small, thin and expensive goes on.

But can it make toast?

Will it blend?

How's that for stupid.

Aw, did I hurt your widdew feewings?

Why don't you cry about it some more, genius.

http://www.willitblend.com/

guy, you are way too caught up on this anti apple thing.

What the hell does the comment you are replying to have to do with Apple? It had *nothing* to do with Apple, much less being "Anti-Apple"...

Are you *looking* for reasons to troll me? I can give you far better ones...

Very nice looking laptop but there are reports that there are some major things that are missing from this.
1. No Optical Drive
2. No Ethernet Port
3. No removable battery

And at $1800 I can't see how this can replace my laptop.

plus 80GB 4200RPM is kinda slow.... is it true that it is the same HD as iPod classic??

other than the CON: mention aboved....i gotta admit, it looks really good.

1. Get a USB Drive
2. Get a USB NIC Card
3. We'll see if this really is a problem

WOW! That is a sexy machine! Apple proves once again it is the king of design.

I see all the Apple haters / trolls are out in full force.

"I see all the Apple haters / trolls are out in full force."

I'm surprised you sound surprised :)

"I see all the Apple haters / trolls are out in full force."

I love these preemptive, snide remarks from Sony/Apple fanatics. I bet you think you're clever. The real trolls are the morons making comments like the one you just made.

nah, i think the real trolls are the ones brandishing names for people based on what they think they know because they have invested their "feelings" into things. "moron" ? come on. grow up

hmm, really? Apple has some of the best "bold face lie" advertising in the world and they rip people off...intel's metro:
http://softwareblogs.int...er-than-your-cell-phone/
Apple also does a lot of ripping off of Asian market products and designs, then trademarks them here, and all the zealots believe it's Apple's, lol. Watch all the really asinine zealots spew their density.
Old IBM x40 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4177843/
Old Toshiba Portege - http://reviews.cnet.com/...05-3121_7-32466957.html

"Apple also does a lot of ripping off of Asian market products and designs"

Shhhh, don't tell anyone. We don't want mass Apple fanboy suicides, do we? Oh wait...

Yes, this is nice... but on par for Apple. Apple is the equivalent of the "dumb blonde" in the computing world. All looks and no brains.

I mean, sure, it looks fantastic... all Apple products do. But they're not really useful for getting real work done or even for having fun with games... or TV... or as a tablet.

I think we should give credit where it is due. I don't like the price of the laptop either, as you can obviously get one that's 3 more lbs with the same guts and a bit more function that's $1300 less from Best Buy/CompUSA/Circuit City/Frys etc. BUT, the laptop IS pretty thin. The Vaio TZ is 200 more and less 'fashionable' with albeit more features but the point is, it's small, light, looks good and has a slighly bigger screen than the TZ. Plus, Apple fans don't care about cost..they'll buy it if it's $4000.
While Apple can't take any originality awards home for this one, they can certainly make some noise. I think it'd be fun to own one and in all fairness, it can do anything other lappy's can do I'm sure. No optical drive is no big deal, if it is just buy one for another $100 dollars.

First of all, not sure what your getting at. Mac os can do everything windows can, yes even game.

Why the heck would you think of a ultra portable notebook as a gaming machine? Are you going to go buy the sony's ultra portable and go game on that, no you're not.

Is this considered a tablet? no, can you watch tv on it? Sure you can with a usb tv adapter.

So it seems the only one here with no brains, is obvious. Certainly not apple whose engineers crammed a fully functional computer with ram, cpu, video card and everything else in a 5 x 3circuit board.

No, I can't say that is too stupid, no one else has done it thus far, and made it "look fantastic in the process.

I'm still hard pressed to find a replacment for my Dell 300M. Its 5 years old and is under one inch thick and only 3 pounds with a 12.1" screen. All I have done is upgraded it to a 80GB 7200RPM drive. The 1.2Ghz Pentium M still does its job great. I purchased mine for about $1100 in 2003. It still cant be beat for price by the pound. The need a 300M v2 with a widescreen and a little faster CPU and it would be great.

well if solitaire works for you - then great!!!!

if you drop that sucka, guess you better get ready to sign a repair bill

Isn't that true of any notebook? I mean this would probably get damaged less considering how light it is and its made out of aluminum and not plastic?

Also with a hard drive that is solid state, even less of a risk your laptop will suffer damage, especially if its on.

0.17" is screen, whole machine is about 0.8" thick.

not to mention life span of SSD is shorter than Normal HDD, especially with journal file system, which OSX is. this MBA can last 2 years before SSD harddrive fail?

No Optical drive as well.

5 hours battery, with apple's reputation, means about 3.

$1800???? crazy

The Sony Vaio TZ is up to $1,000 more with a smaller screen and bigger dimensions.

Plus, it's plastic.

http://www.google.com/pr...n-us&q=sony+vaio+tz

"life span is shorter than Normal HDD" Huh?

Not sure where you're getting your info, but you're way off base. The stated MTBF for a HDD is @50,000 hours. The stated MTBF for a SSD is @2,000,000 hours. Feel free to argue MTBF vs. service life all you want, but a HDD will fail long before a SSD does.

life span of SDD should be estimated based on how many writing operations, not how many hours.

Statement should be:

"The Sony Vaio TZ is up to $1,000 more with a smaller screen and bigger dimensions, has a WAN built in, has ethernet ports, has an optical dvd/cd/rw drive, has a fingerprint sensor built in."

"Plus, it's plastic, so if it drops a few times - no biggie".

Much better.

Ding!

I've gotta ask - does it really matter that it's so slim apart from the one up manship factor ? The cost of a equivalentish spec (apart from the slimness) Windows/Linux PC would likely be < half of this. Is this yet more Mac "leetness"?

Weight is a bigger issue, and @ 3 lbs with a bigger screen than the other 3 pounder, it's maybe not revolutionary, but definitely evolutionary.

i do! whatever can be done to slim and trim notebooks while still keeping a nice sized display, im all for. though purely fantasy, a 15 inch model "air" would be equally as nice, perhaps with a firewire port this time even if just a minifirewire

Thin metal to slice open your fingers. Way to go Apple.

HURRRRRRR

I hereby nominate the above comment for "dumbest in the topic" award.

...and it's only just begun.

May have actually lost brains, as said laptop might've castrated him(while on his lap).

Hence the soft and big girlie comment.

don't be jealous girls.

We're not. Trust me.