Why is everybody so sold on the MacBook Air. There are much better and more powerful laptops for less money. And regarding the small form factor, there are quite a few Ultrabooks too - for less money. Just wondering.
Don't know about everybody, but my main Laptop is a MacBook Pro. Also, I have an iPad and and an iPhone. The MacBook Air fits in very well with the other machines, syncing, etc.
I like quite a few of the new PC's that now are competitive with the Air (i.e., at least my several year old one). I like the ASUS Zen Book and the HP Specter especially. I think they are overpriced though. Performance between Airs' and their competitors ebbs and flows with new releases. Mine is new enough to have Thunderbolt--which is a very good thing. Also, has SSD and adequate processor an RAM (mine not top of the line)--just for out and about use. I tether it with my iPhone and use 4G LTE from the iPhone when on public networks.
Performance is one thing, but, IMO, no PC holds up like a Mac, is as well built, or provides as good support/service, etc. Dell XPS and "special" Gateway service used to be competitive, but no more. PC's are catching up style wise (note the two mentioned above especially).
I like Macs in general because, although I have minor complaints about how things are shaping up in the Mac world, I don't have serious MS, OS, and OEM issues (e.g., OS design, OEM preinstalled Win8 issues, etc). I like PC's because you can "play with them."
I also like Windows forums. Many of those on Mac forums are among the most arrogant I have ever run across. They tend to be the relatively new "experts" and not those that have been around for a very long time. And, they say some of the darnedest things. Then, the real neophytes (i.e., the Apple zombie parrots) parrot them verbatim. A recent funny one is as follows. I had a question about Parallels 8 and Win8 (i.e., I use parallels 8 to run Win8 virtually on my MacBook Pro--not to get the wrong idea about my machines--check my sig). A relatively new guy replied (i.e., I have about a "million" more points on the Apple forums than he does). Anyway, he noted that I was "new to the Apple forums," and he informed me that my question was not welcome. He said basically that "these are the Apple forums, and we don't deal with non-Apple products here." I am sure it hurt when I informed him that we were in the "Windows" section of the Apple forums.
Don't know how I got off on the story. May someone will enjoy.