More screen. Less Kindle!

As the target market for this device, I'll chime in. I was looking for thin-and-light notebooks about a year ago, settled on the mostly great Dell Latitude D420. Many other folks where I work followed suit. I looked at Mac Books, but they were big and heavy. Really heavy. Seriously, anything over four pounds is a deal breaker for me - I have a desktop PC for heavy lifting.

Personally, I walk a couple miles a day with this slung over my shoulder. (Train commuter) Secondarily, I spend most days going from meeting to meeting. There's power if I need it but I'd rather just grab and go.

Compared to my D420, the weight is close (D420 is 3.3 lbs). The screen is a bit bigger (12.1" on the dell) but the resolution is the same, so it comes down to eyesight. I imagine the Mac screen is brighter and nicer, haven't seen it yet. The touchpad is pretty damn cool. Keyboards are about the same; the backlight is a nice touch. Storage-wise, comparable - cheap crappy 1.8" drive or expensive SSD. The Dell has a 32GB option which is a decent middle ground. A Seagate FreeAgent Go is a featherweight 160gb of USB storage, if for some reason I need lots of stuff.

The Dell has advantages, too. It has a cool docking station with an optical drive, that actually just makes the unit thicker. It has lots more ports, an SD-card reader (can't believe the MBA left that out), a full cardbus slot (don't need), and a normal VGA port. Oh, and three sizes of battery, so you can pick and choose based on needs and weight trade-off. Lastly, you can install an internal 3G wireless setup. This really is the biggest hole in the MBA to me.

Do the same thing with an 11" screen, cut another pound out of it and you have a winner. But honestly, the Dell trumps this in the category. What I really want is one of those 2lb Samsungs, but alas, they are not allowed to sell them here in the states.

Weights? Weights!! Please, guys, don't tell me about a laptop and leave out how much it weighs. Same goes for phones, too!

@Sam,

Now that's a good idea. Took the words out of my mouth :-) Render the airplane ineffective as a weapon, or at least blunt it.