HP takes a swing at Apple’s MacBook Air with new Voodoo Envy laptop

The Ethernet-in-the-power-brick is a cool idea. It's like a docking station, but smaller. (Of course, a docking station would have video and USB... but you have to start somewhere and this is a damn cool idea.)

Ok, it's a small laptop. Great. So are many others. Does it have anything else in common with the Macbook Air?

Does the MacBook Air differ from other laptops on any parameter other than size?

Multitouch, backlit keyboard,

"The Envy features a backlit keyboard with proximity sensors that detects when your fingers are typing. The sensor will then lock the trackpad against accidental brushes. Also, the trackpad features multi-gesture support for scrolling and pinch options." -- http://www.hardwarezone.com.au/reviews/view.php?cid=18&i...

MacOS X. It's a deal-killer to a lot of us.

Yeah, the Air would be much nicer without the OS X tax.

Correction: It's not small, just thin. Which doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, actually.

God forbid you have a baby in the house that climbs up the desk and steps on it. Its going to be a 2 thousand dollar junk :).