I have a new MBA and it's superb, I'm really satisfied. That said I'd suggest waiting for Lenovo's new Thinkpads to become available before making a decision.

I have a new MBA and it's superb, I'm really satisfied. That said I'd suggest waiting for Lenovo's new Thinkpads to become available before making a decision. If the new Thinkpad Yoga's digitizer works with Linux it would be a pretty impressive competitor to the MBA, surpassing it in every are except perhaps battery (just depends on how it reviews.) I'm not sure if the TP Yoga has a soft-touch finish though, that's one area where I would go for a Thinkpad over a Macbook, cold aluminium is attractive but not so flesh-friendly.