The big announcement at Mac World this year was the MacBook Air, the world’s thinnest laptop, weighing in at 3 pounds. After watching the demo and reading initial reviews, I am in love with it. As usual, Apple’s sense of style comes through. Kudo to Apple for giving us yet another device that is both useful and stylish. Of course, because of size limitations,certain things may be missing. I lament the loss of the firewire port and card slot, but all-in-all, it looks like Apple did a wonderful job.

What’s not to like? The sealed battery. I guess Apple thinks that since they did that with iPods and iPhones and no one complained, they could get away with it in a laptop. I think it is a bad move. I realize that it is a cost-saving measure, but I would gladly pay a little extra to get a replaceable battery for a laptop. Having an extra battery for long trips is essential to many mobile computer users.

Check out the Apple guideded tour of the MacBook Air to get a feel for what it is all about.