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Gizmodo | by Mark Wilson | Fri, May 29

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It's impossible not to be at least a little impressed with the MacBook Air, but who can spend $2,000 on that laptop? The solution? The MSI X340, a $900 MacBook Air. And it's a great idea...in theory...

Extremely light and thin form
Runs Vista adequately
Short battery life

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