Well, most of these issues become nonexistent when you run Mac OS X on a solid state drive. And it seems that that has been the direction Apple has been headin

Well, most of these issues become nonexistent when you run Mac OS X on a solid state drive. And it seems that that has been the direction Apple has been heading in (to make OS X more like iOS) and non-coincidentally all the iOS devices use solid state drives. I have installed Lion on a Mac Mini that has similar specs as my Macbook Air (except for the solid state drive) and I can see what the author is talking about -- It takes 10 minutes to boot up the Mac Mini and 10 seconds to boot up the Macbook Air. Even very large documents auto-save very fast on the MBA, so not a big issue there either. Considering that all computers will use solid-state drives eventually, all these issues disappear. Not to mention that when we get used to Mac OS X, Apple is trying to push forward and there is going to be change that people don't like so much. You either move forward or you get left behind in this industry.