My first laptop was a 13" Sony 505 series which I bought in 1999. I bought it because it was an inch thick, which at the time was mindblowing. I traveled so much I needed something small and portable.
The laptop I bought to replace that was another Sony 505 series, ca. 2003. Again, I bought it because it was an inch thick and could be easily shuffled around the house.
My current laptop is a 14" HP DV1000 series. Still about an inch thick, incredibly lightweight. It's been a great travel laptop.
I was happy with all the above, but the MacBook Air takes everything I liked and multiplies it by twenty! For a guy who has spent the past eight years chasing a laptop that is small, thin, durable, and gets good battery life, the MBA IS MY DREAM COME TRUE! Yes, I know that options were sacrificed to make the design the way it was, but those are ALL sacrifices I personally was willing to make. (Okay, truth be told, I wanted a matte screen too, but I'll take that lump.)
The MBA is what I've been trying to get in a laptop ever since I bought my first one. I'm in the process of re-evaluating how long I want the HP to last before I replace it, because there is no doubt what my next laptop will be.
The laptop I bought to replace that was another Sony 505 series, ca. 2003. Again, I bought it because it was an inch thick and could be easily shuffled around the house.
My current laptop is a 14" HP DV1000 series. Still about an inch thick, incredibly lightweight. It's been a great travel laptop.
I was happy with all the above, but the MacBook Air takes everything I liked and multiplies it by twenty! For a guy who has spent the past eight years chasing a laptop that is small, thin, durable, and gets good battery life, the MBA IS MY DREAM COME TRUE! Yes, I know that options were sacrificed to make the design the way it was, but those are ALL sacrifices I personally was willing to make. (Okay, truth be told, I wanted a matte screen too, but I'll take that lump.)
The MBA is what I've been trying to get in a laptop ever since I bought my first one. I'm in the process of re-evaluating how long I want the HP to last before I replace it, because there is no doubt what my next laptop will be.