Advice re: whether to get the Air

Ok- here is my situation- right now i have a macbook pro (less than a year old) that is my main and only computer- and a friend has offered to buy it from me if i want to purchase the Air
Since the Air has come out I have been very much wanting it because of the lightweight feature (that is what I like most about it- i had almost purchased Sony's lightweight one, but that one is too expensive), and the only thing that i have concern about is that the hard drive seems to have a much smaller capacity than my macbook pro.
Mostly I use my macbook pro for word processing, powerpoint, and internet/emailing and such. Oh yes, I do copy my music cds, and sometimes watching movie dvds (since i don't have a television to do that stuff).
So, any helpful advice would be great on whether or not the Air would be good as a main and only computer and what model is best and options (external drive and such). Thanks

for the usage you describe, it'll do what you want, but by the time you've added the external drive, a basic mac book would only weigh about a pound more than the mba, and is much better in terms of features (built in drive, built in ethernet, firewire, bigger disk, faster, much cheaper, etc.)
but of course if you leave the drive behind, the weight difference is two pounds, mba vs. mb
the only practical reason to buy an mba is the weight, aside from that it is lacking power/features when compared to even the basic macbook, let alone a macbook pro
but it'll easily handle the tasks you describe, so it just depends how much you value the weight saving
apple doesn't like posts discussing rumours of future developments, but this site might help you assess whether this is the right time to buy...
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

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