I'm pretty sure the it's because CDMA is used more than either of those in China and Korea.

You're right, it does cause jealousy.........so shiny........

I believe these are great idea for portable secondary machines. Save the HDD for desktops. Do think that these are growing too fast too expensive.

I'm not an owner (of any apple products for that matter) but this is what I would change:

1) 2 USB ports
2) Smaller Hard Drive options: Maybe a 40-60g HHD or a 32 SSD, its a secondary machine after all.
3) Make the solid state drive cheaper: If you want to make something usable, make it affordable.
4) Make it smaller: Probably not much need for the size of keyboard or screen
5) Cut the price down to 3/4: Yes, the new ideas are a nice thought but not $1000 worth, especially for a secondary system.
6) Some sort of optical drive: I understand the software idea but not everyone is going to embrace it.