I’ve been waiting for an ultraportable from you for over a year. I’ve been holding my breath (figuratively) for days before your Keynotes, hoping I’ll be able to trade you my money for a new laptop. All I want is a small laptop, like my 12 inch Powerbook (although preferably it would be smaller).
Steve…this isn’t it. Not even close. There are three dimensions of size. You made the MacBook Air thinner and lighter, but the damned thing has exactly the same foot print as the 13 inch Macbook. In fact, it is a more expensive, fewer USB ports, no Firewire, non-replaceable battery, no optical drive, slower chip, same foot print as the 13 inch Macbook.
This does not replace my nicely compact 12 inch Powerbook. Not by a long shot.
I haven’t read what other people are saying about it Steve, but unless something magic happens in the next two weeks and suddenly I can’t lift 5 pounds, but can still lift 3, I don’t think the Macbook Air will be on my shopping list.
