MacBook Airs to Show Up This Week?

Remember when the MacBook Air was intro'ed? Steve Jobs said they'd be available in two weeks. Hmmm. Based on that info, it would be ... this week! Specifically, it would be Tuesday, two weeks after the Macworld keynote.

According to sources, it appears that at least some stores have already received MBAs and that the Genius Bar employees get trained Monday. A little calling around, including stores and some friends I have at Apple indicates that some, not all, stores have them, and that it looks like it will be Wednesday, not Tuesday.

Technically, the 14th day would be Tuesday, so this would actually be right, I suppose.

Anticipation of the MBA is high, despite the fact that some are tearing it apart with complaints over the shortcomings of the notebook. After all, something like this has to have some compromises.

• Obviously it's not going to be the fastest laptop.
• No user-replaceable battery. A little confusing since reports indicate it's not all that hard to change, but ...
  
• Yes, it only has one USB port ... thinness, right?
• Yes, it has no optical drive, and because Apple wanted the external drive to work without a power supply the USB port is overpowered - meaning you can't use that external drive on any other PC. And you can't use a hub with it, either.
  
• And on and on.

For the audience it's aimed at, it's still a great design.

BTW, if you want to sneak around Apple stores looking for hiddne MBAs, my guess is all the MBAs are hidden in the back disguised as inter-office envelopes.