While it is a cool looking machine on the surface, it is a flawed design. The fact that it doesn't have a removable battery will be the death of this machine. Why? How many of us carry around extra batteries and how many of us have batteries for our laptops that don't hold as much of a charge that they used to? There are times that having that extra battery is crucial.

I think that this typical of Apple being short sighted and not thinking about their consumers. So with this failure you will have to send your entire computer in to get the battery replaced. Seriously? And you want me to pay 300 less than a regular Macbook pro?

Problem #2 with the Macbook Air is the lack of any optical drive. For $1799 you had better be damn sure that it has any optical drive included. They want you to pay extra to get any external superdrive. Again, I ask why? What are you guys thinking? One thing I would think a ultra portable laptop would have is a cd drive.

Problem #3 is the price. Sure it is small, but that doesn't explain why they are charging so much money for a product that is less capable than the 1000 dollar Macbook. In true apple form they will probably slash the price on this just like they did with the iphone. It too was way overpriced when it was released.

I am not a complete Apple hater. I own 2 Macbook Pro's and use them everyday. I just think that this new Apple Air isn't ready for prime time until the problems are fixed.