The Macbook Air is finally here.
Weeks of speculation has finally been confirmed when Steve Jobs unveiled what is purportedly the thinnest laptop on the planet. I have to say that devil Jonathan Ive and his team of malevolent industrial designers have done it again — design a machine that elicits both lust and envy. I am quite impressed by how the Macbook Air looks and I bet it would be a joy to use.

I’m just not impressed with the specs. I have to say the Macbook Air’s specs are compromised because of the limited space for other peripherals. There is no DVD drive, only one USB port, a slower processor speed, a non user replaceable battery, non user replaceable hard drive and non user expandable RAM. Those are a lot of caveats, which really makes this a laptop for non power users and not a replacement for the Macbook Pro.

Despite all of these niggles though, I am pretty sure the Macbook Air is still going to sell like pancakes.

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