Because they chopped the amount of cores in half and neutered the speed, it is not a top of the line CPU, even if it is called an i7. That being said, in my op

Because they chopped the amount of cores in half and neutered the speed, it is not a top of the line CPU, even if it is called an i7. That being said, in my opinion no other ultra-portable comes close to the Macbook Air. If I could justify having two laptops I would be ordering one right now instead of typing this.