>> Japan is small and fiber-wired, so there is no lag typing. I've been using an 11 inch Air in Japan for the last few weeks and thanks to the full size keyboa

>> Japan is small and fiber-wired, so there is no lag typing. I've been using an 11 inch Air in Japan for the last few weeks and thanks to the full size keyboard, there is nothing you can't do on it when combined with wifi or a tethered iPhone. Have your large desktop machine in the office or at home always on and just remote into it. Remote desktopping into an 8-core i7 over a 3G connection gives you 7 hours of battery life and a very powerful machine to work on. The Air is almost the perfect "thin client" - even the 2GB/64GB model is more than enough if you have decent connectivity. Use local mail client, browser and Office for light local work and click an icon in the dock to instantly have access to a powerful development machine.