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Unfortunately, I can't be of much assistance, as I tend to agree with you! When I first saw the MacBook Air, I was impressed by its size. That said, I immediately felt it was not the sort of thing I'd ever buy.
Compared to the MacBook and MacBook Pro, the processor is slower (1.6 or 1.8 GHz), it can have a maximum of half the memory (2 GB), the maximum hard drive size is smaller (80 GB), I expect the graphics hardware to be less capable (than the MacBook Pro at least), it has fewer USB ports (only one), there are no FireWire ports, it doesn't appear to be suitable for Front Row, the audio output is mono, it does not include an optical drive as standard, there is no ethernet port, and it is similar in price to a low end MacBook Pro and beginning to approach double the price of a low end MacBook.
I tend to prefer higher end machines, but would certainly choose a MacBook over a MacBook Air. To me, the MacBook Air looks amazing and is a nice piece of design, but it simply has not got the features I'd virtually take for granted. I hope the MacBook Air is not the new Cube.
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