So I had some hands on time with the Macbook Air today. One word, thin-lite.(hey I made it up but it's still one word.) It's everything I expected. Thin, light, and ultra quick. I had the fortune of playing with the SSD drive model. For the first time in recent memory I was able to contain my new product Apple lust and not immediately want to sell off everything I own just to purchase one. I still have my complaints with the system and holding one in my hands didn't change this. While holding it and playing with it I had an epiphany.
As Apple products evolve, they begin to pick up successful features of sister products. Coverflow in Leopard Finder, iPod Touch and the iPhone, the included iSight camera. This made me think about the next Macbook revision as well as possibly the Macbook Pro revision. I expect to see a multi-touch track pad in both of the next Macbook revisions, and if we're lucky, a solid state option for at least the "Pro". I am also predicting that we will see the Macbook condensed to a smaller size much closer to the Air. Not too much however as Apple will be very careful not to cannibalize Air sales. Now the only question which remains is what will it be called, the Macbook Take 2, or the Macbook Nano
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