In business, plenty of people are sick of using crappy VGA output to a monitor, and HDMI=DVI with a $10 cable (not to mention that a VGA connector on a laptop like this would not work because of size). Many people are using skype and doing video conferencing for business. Both HDMI and the webcam makes perfect sense.

You can have a 1,4 kg Sony Z-series laptop, with the latest specssince a few years now. So what's new? And BTW, it comes with a dvd-burner, network connections and a decent harddisk. Or were you making a comparison between more expensive and lack-of-features products?

These people at the inquirer are hacks that write sensational headlines , not real journalists.

Apple touts the MacBook Air as the Thinest laptop, not the lightest..

It's real hard to check this out. 

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

Sad, what crap we have to wade through on the web.



Another example of how Apple drives the industry. The deal-breaker, here, as in all similar situations- it runs Windows only. Which means both hardware and software are unstable. Make mine Mac!

I throw a curve ball from left field every single time I play left field.
I always throw the curve ball. The curve ball is my favourite ball. Left field is always the best field.
YOU SHOULD GET A GRIP THERE BUSTER. We are all trying to learn to dance on the razor's edge.
(My $600 11" Everex features Intel duo and weighs under 4 lbs -- sure it's a crummy brand, but the computer itself is good -- yes, I had to ditch 1 lb of dunnage to match the weight performance -- so lets all just try to get along here shall we)

I'll take this thing over a Macbook Air anyday, considering how Apple charges an arm and a leg for upgrades. Still, big kudos for Steve Jobs for being the visionary that he always was. He just manages to surprise everybody with almost every product launch.

Mixing metaphors happens all the time. It's as easy as falling off a pie.

"they throw a curve ball from left field," eh? Generally speaking, pitches are thrown from the mound and nowhere else.
Someone needs to stick to sticky wickets...

Look at the OS you will be using. I would take the Apple any day, OS X rocks!