Macbook Air?

OK.. so first off I have to say that this is pretty cool looking. As a person who feels compelled to get every high tech gadget known to man I was surprised that this one was not as tempting as I had thought it would be. Now this is not to say I would not get one if the opertunity arose.. But there are a few things that Apple did with this unit that have me scratching my head.

1. Non replacable battery? Now I can see that they are claiming 5 hours but when happens to you when you are on a 10 hour flight... Also what happens when the battery finally dies out. Do you really want to have to send your computer in to have the battery replaced.. Hmmmm

2. 1 USB port.. now I know you can just plug a hub in there but for those who are going to use a USB modem, transfer files via card reader(another thing missing) the single port is going to be inconvenient at best.

3. No ethernet port? What happens when heaven forbid you are in a place that doesn't have wireless but only has ethernet.. so now you would just be out of luck. I know wireless is all over but it seems maybe just a bit early to be pulling the plug on this feature.

4. Ripping CD's and watching movies just got harder.. now you are forced into iTunes to get your music while on the road. Buy a new CD and want to listen to it on the way home.. well think again. This will have many owners looking more at iTunes purchases.

So while it is pretty cool. As with many thin notebooks there are certainly some drawbacks. I hope this is not something that we are going to see spreak out into the whole macbook and macbook pro lines as I would have a hard time loosing my ports and ethernet connection.

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