Best laptop I've ever owned, well worth the extra money.

I was looking for a new laptop, and was in awe of this little laptop initially for the form factor. It is still hard to believe that Apple actually wedged a full-fledged laptop int a form this small. It is very small and light but has a surprisingly sturdy feel. The 13" display is gorgeous, I initially thought smaller size might be an issue but I love it. Downside, is that there is no DVD drive, but with all of the digital media available, I don't really miss it. The battery life is amazing, I routinely get 7-8 hours of use and it charges back up to 100% in less than an hour. The solid state hard drive makes it very fast and almost instant boot up times make the laptop lightning quick. There is no fan, which means no noise but this little thing never gets warm. Previous laptops would heat up on my lap. It is expensive, I paid $1200 for this new on Ebay but have no regrets.

Once you go Mac you will never go Back

This iis a great computer. After suffering with Microsoft pc's for 20 years I finally broke down and bought a mac.

Once you go mac you will never go back!!!
128 gig is sufficient
solid state memory is bullet proof.
Display is great.It just takes some time to get used to the graphical interface

Just beautiful

A laptop as it has to be. Slim, light, powerful, beautiful. It's like it's ahead of the time. Or actually all other laptops are just archaic compared to this one.

Aluminium unibody, backlit keyboard, great touchpad, no ventilation holes, no ugly stickers, no ugly frames around keyboard, no ugly holes and gaps. And it's (mostly) silent.

Other makers are trying to mimic the MBA with ultrabooks, but they completely miss the point on building the beautiful and concise product, not just old ugly out-of-date laptop, only thinner.

Super light, strong, and beautifully designed...And of course it's an Apple

This is hands down one of the best laptops we've ever owned. Got this for my wife as an upgrade to he previous MacBook and she loves it.

I won't get much into the whole Mac or PC debate, but I will say if you're on the fence, there are two reasons why I'm a fan of Apple software. One, virus protection and security are fantastic and two, it really does just work and Apple tries to make things straight forward and simple.

On the hardware side, this laptop is fantastic. It looks and feels great, with a fabulous screen and really good battery life. It runs plenty fast and even handles some pro apps like Adobe Creative Suite well for moderate use. The most amazing thing about the MacBook Air is literally the "Air", because it's so light I can easily hold it with one hand while the screen is open. If you haven't handled one of these in person, I recommend going to the Apple Store or local store that carries them, so you can get a feel for how light and portable it really is. Another wonderful thing that comes with all Mac laptops these days, is the MagSafe power cable that simply pops out if you trip over the cable, so your valuable laptop is safe and sound. I can attest to how valuable this feature is no less than five times.

Lastly, yes Apple's products and this laptop included, are more expensive than the bargain brand, but you really do get what you pay for. Hardware that lasts and also holds its resale value very well, as well as software that's easy to setup and use. I highly recommend this fantastic laptop for normal daily computer use and moderate use with pro apps.

Great performance from a small package!

Simply the best, fastest laptop I ever had. I run windows on this sometimes and it takes just a few seconds to launch my windows program while OS X is still running. No more waiting for a boot sequence that could take minutes, this computer delivers unexpected performance. The missing DVD is not an issue because that machine can actually "borrow wirelessly" a dvd player from another computer. With Apple great customer support, you will be happy to own one.