Of course not. Apple shipped the first ultrathin laptop. And that kind of product turned out a few years later to be really attractive to Intel, who put their own branding and initiative on what was essentially the same idea.

I'm not crediting Apple with anything breathtaking, I'm doing the opposite: pointing out that the "Ultrabook" is really just a clone of the Macbook Air.

It appears that hating something must mean that you produce arguments against it, however irrational. I'm with you, ajross.

"Apple shipped the first ultrathin laptop."

Take a look at the Sony Vaio 505 models released before the air.