Should I buy a MacBook Air?

I've got a 2009 17" MBP running Snow Leopard and an iPad 2. I am wanting to upgrade to Lion, but have several apps that I use on a fairly regular basis [once per week or so] are not universal or intel. I can upgrade to Lion on the MBP and boot from and external hard drive clone of my Snow Leopard to use the aforementioned apps, or I can buy a new 11" MBA which I can then take with me on sabbatical overseas in 2012.
My main dilemma is in laying out the cash for a new notebook and what to do with the perfectly fine MBP. I do think that I'll get a MBA for the sabbatical, as I just returned from overseas and the iPad 2 just couldn't do everything I wanted it to do.
Any suggestions? If I get a MBA, how might I best utilize my MBP?
Thanks!
PGRider

Yeah. I've been a Mac user for ever [almost, anyway!] and this is the first time I'm not eager to upgrade my OS. Too buggy right now and my workflow doesn't look like it fits with Lion. I couldn't see a way to have multiple windows open on the same screen. I'll admit that I didn't really go too far in pursuing that, but I do like to have multiple apps open in the same screen [i.e. tasks and calendar] and the 11" MBA with Lion seems a bit small for that right now. I realize that this is the future for Apple [smaller laptops with SSD and full screen apps] but I'm not willing to go there just yet!
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