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More MacBook Air coverage – because of all the Macs I don't own, obviously this is the one I'm all a-lusty over.

Same with the CNN reporter writing Mac Air vs. Cloudbook. The article ends with "I now lust for this laptop and will switch to a Mac as soon as possible" – wonderful words, though these days, "I'm switching to a Mac" is heard from Windows users almost as frequently as "I'm editing my Registry".

But while it's great to see such Mac coverage in a big-name publication, the article is a very short and even shallower review that tells us nearly nothing about the Air (and despite the article title, tells us even less about the tiny, low-cost Everex Cloudbook that has my non-Mac leanings curious). The article accurately notes the lack of an external Superdrive, but adds "...which kind of negates the whole purpose of an ultralight laptop". I'll disagree: carrying around an external drive is not at all the purpose of an ultralight! Then there's the misleading statement "...I'll never get used to not having a right mouse button". I assume the writer means right trackpad button, but it's not a nit-pick; the mistake reinforces the old, old misconception that a Mac can't use the right button on a mouse.

Still, one can't argue with the article's conclusion; even Apple linked to it from its Hot News page. Go, MacBook Air! (Though I still think I'll wait for a future model with swappable battery; that one lacking feature leaves me sitting on the sidelines.)