Apple MacBook Air A1304

The MacBook Air is a product that lives on the margins. It's the slowest laptop--indeed, the slowest computer--in the Mac line. It omits many features that are standard on other Mac laptops, such as multiple USB ports, FireWire ports, an ethernet port, and an optical drive. And the latest top-of-the-line MacBook Air is actually slower than its predecessor in many of our tests. In short, the MacBook Air is an odd duck.

It's also Apple's thinnest, lightest laptop. And I still love it.

Let me explain. I love the MacBook Air because it's a full pound and a half lighter than the next-lightest Apple laptop. In a world of netbooks that compromise on screen and keyboard size in order to get small, the MacBook Air has an excellent 13-inch widescreen display and a full-size, backlit keyboard.

The MacBook Air is designed for people who appreciate the fact that this Mac laptop weighs 3 pounds and measures 0.76 inches at its thickest point, and are willing to sacrifice all sorts of other features for that lightness. Which leads to the real ...

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Jason Snell, Macworld