Thinkpad Carbon - Air Competitor

The zdnet site is just... awful.

That said, the review was fairly light on content. A lot of 'almost' and 'mostly' but no actual discussion as to what the gaps are!

Plus for an article setting this up to be a comparison to the air... there weren't any actual comparisons!

It should be excellent laptop. Good to see they kept mat screen. Interesting, does it have spill-resistant keyboard as all other ThinkPads do? EDIT: It is spill-resistant.

Maybe it's just the photos, but it has a real "cheap plastic" look to it. :(

Edit: They mention carbon fiber materials, but does that mean the body is carbon fiber?

I'd like more than one usb3, so I can do external to external disk copies.

asus has also announced an ultrabook with a 1080 pixel vertical resolution. i'm glad the days of "any resolution you like as long as it's 768" are coming to an end.

"Almost as good" for only $200 more.

Is no one else bothered by the proliferation of the large "shelf" in front of the keyboard, as the prevalent/ubiquitous laptop design paradigm? Combined with a sharp front edge.

I see that it allows for a larger trackpad. But, I find such shelves pressing into my wrists, particularly when I don't have control over the height of the work surface. And that is damnably uncomfortable.

P.S. And as I've stated before, I remain dubious about the chicklet keyboard. A separate concern.