I wouldn't buy an Air either. Out of around a dozen features I wanted it maybe covered 5. I thought the basic Vizio TL lineup was better in nearly every way (save for battery life and the fact that you can actually type on the MBA).
Since you mention it though the MBA is well on it's way to becoming the sub-$1k product I'm talking about. It was almost $2k a few years ago, far less now & at the moment Apple's
not-so-secret ebay refurb store is selling them at an all-time low. Unless they discontinue it they'll need to either lower the price or give it upgrades, starting with that screen. Being thin and light w. great battery life is nice, but Haswell launches this year and there's going to be a lot of thin and light computers with great battery life by Christmas. And tablets.