This week brought the much anticipated MacBook Air into the Dotto Tech studios for our first look at the somewhat controversial new notebook from Apple. Once again Apple is leading the way in innovation with a new class of notebook.

It is not really a subnotebook and it is definitely not a full sized notebook. The MacBook Air is ultra light - only 3 lbs - but it still has a large 13” screen and a full sized keyboard. Thin is in, and as the TV commercials pay testament to, the Air will slide nicely into a manila envelope. 

As they did with the first iMacs, Apple has eschewed removable storage on the Air. There is no optical drive - the Air is designed to be fully self-contained - and in fact there is only a single USB port and a headphone jack, plus a mini DVI video output to allow peripheral connections.

Some things just drive me batty about technology. Nothing more so right now, than cables and power supplies.

I am currently on vacation, touring the Maritimes, but like any self respecting totally connected computer dude, I am equipped with every electronic convenience one could imagine.

I have a DVD player for the long rides, 2 iPods, my notebook, a GPS, my BlackBerry, noise canceling headphones, an EVDO wireless card for the notebook, and 2 digital cameras. I am having trouble finding room in my briefcase for a book or 2 with all this gadgetry.

It is all coming in very useful, but the cables, my goodness, the cables. Connecting all these devices to each other, and to the wall for power is becoming, well, not becoming it is ridiculous.