Earlier this week I was bemoaning the clunkiness of my beleaguered pc, while fawning over the bucolic OLPC XO laptop.

But scrub that – there’s a new laptop that could take over my wishlist: the MacBook Air.

At just 0.76 inches (1.93cm) at its thickest point and weighing 1.3 kilograms, Apple’s latest gizmo comes with either an 80 Gigabyte hard disc drive as standard, or 64 Gigabyte solid state drive for an additional $999.

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On the less impressive side, the designers have opted to leave the CD and DVD drive on the lab desk to preserve the MacBook’s slimline look, while the $1,799 price tag means it will be a lean 2008 if I succumb to my whimsical fancies.

But of course, I couldn’t possible do without the CD and DVD drive; isn’t that the beauty of laptops, that you can watch movies anywhere, anytime? Okay, there are portable DVD players, but still, it’s as part of a laptop as drizzle is a part of British life.

Nevertheless, it is undeniably impressive and I cannot wait to see what the coming years will bring forth from Apple.