Yeah, I don't need to bring along any of that crap. I just tether via Bluetooth to my phone if I don't have Wifi, and I haven't needed an optical drive in years except to install an OS, what with sharing. I've never replaced a battery in a laptop.

I get that some people's needs aren't met by the MBA. What I don't get is why all the caterwauling. Nobody has to buy one - Sony will be happy to sell those people a VAIO that looks like Frankenstein by comparison. For me, I ordered the second the Apple store came back online.