So many mac haters. Wow.
I think they should have focused on making a scaled-up iTouch, but this laptop is great for one reason:
it pushes technology forward.
Without progress, you'd have the same old **** year after year after year..
I know a lot of programmers who have stagnated with their thinkpads and their favourite distro of linux.
I know a lot of college kids who have stagnated with their shitty-looking home-built PC or the latest plastic contraption from Dell.
This is:
-the thinnest laptop.
-the first major laptop with a solid-state hard drive
That said, it does have some flaws.. but they are accounted for.
-no disc drive. simple external one solves that, though IMHO it should snap on and off the main laptop
-no user-replaceable battery. replacements are the same price as macbooks', and it will use less power due to the LED backlighting and the solid-state hard drive.
Overall, it's too expensive, but bleeding-edge tech always is.
Now where's my half-pound mactablet with a touchscreen interface and user-configurable keyboard?