Well, "gasping" sounds a little too melodramatic, but as someone who routinely travels all over with a laptop in tow, I've been contemplating the MacBook Air for a while now. The fact that my employer facilitates the purchase of technology by enabling me to pay it off interest-free over twelve months made it a lot easier for me to finally buy the computer this evening. Not only did I get the educational discount on the machine, but I got a free iPod Touch (which I hardly need; maybe I'll sell it?) and Canon printer thrown into the deal!