I can see why people are going Gaga!

[Jon03021]

What made you choose the 13 over the 11?

 

[Appleind]

Steve's answer to Lady Gaga

 

[gwsat]

I am as enthusiastic as the OP is about my loaded 13 inch MBA. In my case, it does surprisingly heavy lifting. The MBA runs Windows 7 and a couple of Windows apps in VMware Fusion's Unity mode, simultaneously with half a dozen OS X apps. I keep at least seven apps open on the OS X desktop at all times. Although the MBA, which has only 4GB of RAM has replaced an MBP with 6GB of RAM, it runs my setup with just as much stability and almost as fast as the MBP handled the load. Flash storage redefines how much RAM one needs for memory hungry apps. Even a substantial number of page outs doesn't slow operations down very much if at all. I couldn't be happier.

 

[Corax]

I am as enthusiastic as the OP is about my loaded 13 inch MBA. In my case, it does surprisingly heavy lifting. The MBA runs Windows 7 and a couple of Windows apps in VMware Fusion's Unity mode, simultaneously with half a dozen OS X apps. I keep at least seven apps open on the OS X desktop at all times. Although the MBA, which has only 4GB of RAM has replaced an MBP with 6GB of RAM, it runs my setup with just as much stability and almost as fast as the MBP handled the load. Flash storage redefines how much RAM one needs for memory hungry apps. Even a substantial number of page outs doesn't slow operations down very much if at all. I couldn't be happier.

Same here!

 

[Jason Beck]

So I have had a few days to get used to my new 13.3" ultimate macbook air

I have owned virtually every model mac since the original iMac, and even before (I owned an Apple IIe as my first computer). In the portable department I have owned a 12" ibook, multiple 15" powerbooks going all the way back to the g4 (pismo) and most recently a 2.66 Ghz Core 2 Duo MBP, a 17" PowerBook, 13" Macbook, and even the iPad.

In fact, I earn my living as an Apple hardware technician for an independent Apple Specialist store. So in addition I have actually worked inside all of these machines, and many more.

In my humble opinion I have no doubt why Steve Jobs stated these machines are the future of notebooks. This is the most spectacular laptop experience I have ever seen. Unless you are editing HD video, doing 3d work or high end gaming, this model certainly isn't laking any power. Combine that with the portability, the elimination of hard drive data bottlenecks, and the battery life and this is basically perfection. I have been using it on and off (50% of the time) for 7 hours just surfing and reading with WIFI enabled and bluetooth turned off and I still am showing 3:50 minutes of battery remaining. It's a perception thing but the battery seems like it lasts forever. Of course, play some flash and watch it go to hell - but oh well. Install Click-to-Flash.

Connect it to a 27" Cinema Display - or an HDTV (my choice) - or both (even better) and you have as much desktop real-estate as you need.

I couldn't be happier and I highly recommend these notebooks - especially the 13" model as a primary computer as long as it has 4GB RAM. So, to all those on the fence I can only say go for it - and get a sleeve - you won't even need a bag to carry it.

Cheers.

A very large segment of the target market of Apple is families. This issues needs absolving soon in my opinion or faster and more capable laptops will start to over shadow the Macbooks.

 

[Corax]

Now all that's needed is for you both to be in the room wearing that silver and black themed clothing, alice and wonderland style. That is, if people are to be included in the motif. Gotta love imagery where even the clothes match the scene.

That would be funny, especially when I would dress up like 'zwarte piet' (black pete) who is the help of Sint Nicolaas. They just "arrived from spain" last weekend in the Netherlands.
Google sint nicolaas and zwarte piet.
It's kinda our Dutch version of Santa Claus and it's celebrated on the 5th of december.
Wiki page Sint Nicolaas