However, it needs to sync with Exchange notes. No obvious reason it couldn't, they only mention sync via itunes. We use a lot of notes in our work that are updated frequently (who to call for x so you don't have to call the help desk, etc...)

The thing is advertised on national TV frequently, and half the bus stops in town have a MBA ad on them. It's been covered in the national press, etc... I understand if this was an obscure machine from an obscure manufacturer, but this is Apple. It seems like some of the fellow passengers could also have pointed out the same thing... The lack of ports thing seems a tad ridiculous, since all you have to do is flip down the door, and many PC laptops have little doors over their ports... I have no idea what a SDD looks like on XRAY, so it may look like a block of C4. All that being said, who shows up that close to a flight and is surprised that he didn't make it (I mean the line could have been longer for goodness sake, would he have blogged about that?)...