Like many MacBook Air owners, I was looking forward to a new version, and I had expected to buy the upgrade the moment it became available. But the product that Apple announced this week has two issues. And I suspect that I'm not the only one who engaged in a bit of soul searching as they attempted to justify this purchase.

Before getting to the issues, however, I think it's important to discuss where Apple delivered as expected or, in some cases, even exceeded expectations.