Just this morning I was complaining to James. “How heavy do you think my laptop is?”

He said, “About 6 pounds.”

Six pounds doesn’t sound like a lot, but after you’ve lugged it around on business trips and several blocks, 6 pounds feels like 60.

Then this morning Kiley send me this email with the quip: Can you handle it? This is going to push you two over the top …

TECHNOLOGY | January 15, 2008
Jobs Reveals Tiny New Laptop
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs took the wraps off a super-slim new laptop, unveiling a personal computer less than an inch thick that turns on the moment it’s opened.

It’s 3 pounds, man!

Quote: From the Apple site:
MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard.

Here are the features. It recognizes movements like the swish used on the iPhone.

Salivating …