The MBA for the following:

I am a blogger, webmaster, writer and programmer and am thinking about the MBA for the following:
* Adobe Dreamweaver
* Adobe Flash
* Blogging (writing/editing/etc. - for two blogs)
* Core animation (graphics)
* E-Mail
* Dashcode
* Surfing with multiple tabs open (for tech news gathering)
* XCode
Would the MBA (HD version I guess) be suitable for these tasks?
Thanks,
-Dan Uff

Based on the current benchmarks and reviews, I would say the MBA could +in theory+ do all that, but I think you would be highly disappointed with its performance. You may be ok if you did only one of the things you listed at a time, but I'm getting the feeling that this isn't the way you would like to use your notebook.
The biggest weakness of the MBA is the inability to upgrade the RAM beyond 2GB, as well as the slower parallel ATA interface the HDD uses. Bottom line - the MBA wasn't really designed for anything beyond light use (writing, note taking, email, web browsing) But if portability>performance (for you), then I'd suggest seeing how the MBA fares by heading down to an Apple Store and putting one through its paces before committing to buying one.
I just see so many posts here where people with a laundry list of expectations from a notebook are ready to drop ~$1800 for an MBA when from a practical standpoint, that kind of money would be better spent on a higher performing MB or MBP. (IMO)
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