It’s got the same external DVD drive setup, but the battery life is spectacular (if it’s even 3/4 as good as the 10 hours they claim). It’s got a built in HDMI connector, bluetooth, built-in wi-fi, and a 128GB solid state “hard” drive. All that, and it weighs less than the Mac Air too.

I’m still not convinced of the benefit of making these laptops so slim – it’s much less of a pain in the butt to have the drive built in – I can deal with .25 inches if I don’t have to lug around additional accessories. But, would I take one – you bet I would.

The durable bag is made of ballistic nylon with YKK Uretek zippers, Duraflex Stealth buckles, and Poron foam-padded handles in Tom Bihn’s Seattle factory. It’s pretty travel friendly with 11 organizational pockets, a back pocket that zips open to accommodate the handle of a roll-aboard, a quick-access boarding pass/map pocket and a folded foam laptop compartment that completely encases the laptop in 8mm-thick closed cell foam, available in three sizes designed specifically to fit Apple laptops (yes, it fits PCs too). They say it requires less than 3 seconds to be prepared in order to send the briefcase through the x-ray machine. It is available for pre-order through Tom Bihn and ships by late September. It sells for $220.