Just like what was said before from 1998 and made of Magnisium to boot. Job's even ripped off the NPI of pulling it out of a envelope. HP did that 10 years ago! Apple has lost its creativity.

Apple have disclosed how much battery replacements will cost to anyone who asked -$129 with free installation.

...it's an idiot-detector. Anyone posessed of so few brain cells as to actually buy one of these things is clearly a world-class cretin. It would be a boon to the gene pool to use ownership of this thing as the indicator for picking out whom to neuter/spay to improve future generations of humanity...

However, clearly, its commercial success is guaranteed. Humanity has no shortage of idiots.

Wily wrote: "The idea of charging for the Ipod touch update is also ludicrous - $20 for a mail application is really taking the pee."

He/She is an idiot. Sarbox rules require Apple to charge the fee.

If it had been 4 Gigs It would have been acceptable. Why Why would you skip there. Spend the extra $20 you cheap bastages.

If Jobs expects Blighty Boys to pay +30% more than their American cousins for the same gear - he's got another think coming. No Way!

He really ought to learn what the $/£ exchange rate is.

For the cost of 7 ASUS EEE computers (each with ethernet, 3xUSB, VGA out, mic and speakers) you can buy a single Air.

Is style really worth a kiloquid?

Oh, that's right, here. In another article about Intel CPUs yesterday, you linked to this article:

http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20080115PD210.html

which says: "The company will also launch eight CPUs with a package size of 22mm squared. These will include: SP9400 with a core frequency of 2.4GHz, 6MB L2 cache and TDP of 25W [...]"

Ooh ooh ooh so that means Sony beat Apple to the mark of making a really thin notebook? Does that mean now that all the Apple fanboys will re word that and make it seem though Sony copied crApple's idea of making notebooks really really thin? Yeesh. Get over it. Meanwhile I'm off to sue a soap-bar manufacturer because it's the same shape as an iPharce. I don't know. Why can they not be original with their soapy designs?

Apple should be a little more honest saying the only way they were able to make their laptop smaller was by hobbling it, using a slower processor, an anemic graphics card and a smaller screen and by removing: the optical drive, the ethernet port, the firewire ports (both the 400 and 800), the S video out port, the express card port, the stereo speakers, and one of the USB ports for a savings of 2.4 pounds (vs the 15").

but, but... you ARE second class citizens. I thought you like it that way..?

I not an Apple basher but the Macbook Air looks specced and priced to stick in anybody's throat. I don't know how long this machine has been on the design table but I think they've fudged the portability goal. The success of the eepc suggests that portability is not primarily about weight and thickness but dimensions. So you can put the air in a manilla envelope. Great. you can put an eepc in a wide jacket pocket. Add this to the fact that you'll be able to buy 6 eepcs to 1 Air in the UK, plus the fact that Asus can increase the screen size without increasing the dimensions, and I think even the Mac fan base will have problems justifying raking the bank dry for this oddity.

300 x 220 x 20mm, 1.47kg, Magnesium alloy case

Pentium/233 MMX, 64Mb, 2.1Gb hard disk, 12.1in TFT 

Co-designed with Mitsubishi - but the Japanese have been doing this sort of thing for years. The Sharp Muramasa at 16.6mm thickness beat the Apple handily in 2001.