I'm responding here, because all the responses to this so far qualify and I don't want to single one out. I'd like to address them all. I'd like to point out t

I'm responding here, because all the responses to this so far qualify and I don't want to single one out. I'd like to address them all. I'd like to point out that chunky and heavy v. thin and light is not all about looking cool. A better comparison would be Thinkpad v. MBP. But since this is about alternatives to the Air, let's assume that thin & light are worth giving up some raw horsepower and perhaps some functionality. If the form factor of the old Kaypro / Compaq luggables were around today you could pack a desktop machine's worth of power into it. If someone looking for a notebook computer was pointed toward one of those and remarked something like the above, I think we'd all agree with them.