Suddenly, it's twice as thick! Who'd have guessed? Yes, this machine looks like a Macbook Air competitor, but only because they used a user-removable battery, w

Suddenly, it's twice as thick! Who'd have guessed? Yes, this machine looks like a Macbook Air competitor, but only because they used a user-removable battery, which means a big hunk'o'plastic sticking out of the underside. it's not a macbook air competitor, it's a $200 netbook with an atom processor. it just happens to have a slim profile that may cause some people to compare it to the macbook air. asus' macbook air competitor is their ux21: http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/30/asus-outs-ux21-ultrathin-laptop-with-up-to-core-i7-cpu-video-ha/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/30/asus-outs-ux21-ultrathin-...