MacBook Air - Great Package, Bad Timing

Apple's recently announced MacBook Air is surely the coolest looking notebook I've seen. It is light, small, sturdy and has a full sized screen and keyboard. It even has a reasonable price tag for a notebook of this size as the sub-notebook category has been commanding a premium for some the past several years.

The effort that went into making the MacBook Air's form as slick and slim and the reduced number of external ports make it clear to me that Apple considers this as a person's second (or perhaps third) computer. I have to say that the thought of having a nice iMac at home and this little beauty to carry around appeals to me in several levels.

Unfortunately for Apple at the same time they were coming up with this incredible design, others were taking a different approach the issue of a light device that can stand in for a full notebook in most common situations. The Asus EEE PC and several similar devices, such as Everex's cloudbook, which are starting to show up in the market take a different approach to a similar goal and with the difference in price tag Apple might be in for a rough ride in with this specific product.