[citation][nom]evo_7[/nom]Me, personally, I get the idea of the Air but I also prefer functionality over the loss of 4/5 oz to be honest. For myself I got the Toshiba protege with an i5 earlier in the year. Its weighs only a fraggin 1/3 lb heavier that some netbooks but has all the inputs and a DVD drive for work and, unlike an Air, it did cost cheaper and frankly I gained more functionality wise than the air. If I had a choice, I'd prefer consumers opt for the direction of laptops like the Protege or even Macbook Pro but I'd lean towards the Protege for the sake of pricing and its not like Toshiba and Windows 7 together is a bad combo.And no I'm not a windows fanboy; my dual boot hackintosh is testimony to that but I feel that if consumers feel that Apple is the way to get out of having to learn about using a machine, frankly they'll just never learn.[/citation]
@evo_7, have you ever use or see an Air? I haven't use Toshiba protege before. My last Toshiba was a piece of plastic that was poorly put together. Air is made out of Aluminum, that along makes me happy already. I used to be a windows only person, buying $600 to $800 laptops for myself and anyone that asks for my recommendation. Recently I got myself a 13" Air(core i5 version) for $1299. I got to say it's worth every dollar.
The quality build of it just amazes me, I'm in love with the touch pad, I used touch pad in many different windows laptops before, none of them even comes close to the one Air offers.
Currently, I got 6 windows pc and 1 Mac in my home. I use 1 pc for gaming and do everything else on Air. The other 5 pc(desktops & laptops) are just sitting there gathering dusts.