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How much is thin worth to you? The Macbook Air, which famously fits inside an interoffice mail envelope, is as thin, light, and beautifully designed as you'd expect from an Apple product. Competitors from the PC world want to match the thinness, but these "ultrabooks" won't be any cheaper (a traditional primary advantage of PC) when they come to market this fall.
When the prices are equal (and high), the question is no longer the much-contested "Mac or PC?" The question is whether a very thin laptop is better than a thicker (but considerably cheaper) one. Given the same performance, how important is thin? Do you think laptops are obsolete? Do you plan to rely on your smartphone and tablet for mobile computing?
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