“If you want to see the future of the portable PC, forget about
the MacBook Air. While the fashion-model thin unit (retailing for a
flabby $1,799) earns a few admiring glances, it won’t prompt a mass
movement.“Forget, too, about deluxe supertanker laptops like the HP
Pavilion HDX, which fetches $1,999. You can play Warcraft on this
machine until your family members forget about you, but it doesn’t
reflect the hottest growth area in portables…”