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This MacBook Air parody shows why it may not be the thinnest laptop around after plugging in all the accessories, compared to the Lenovo X300. Video after the break.

According to Fake Steve, it's been sent around to component suppliers and contract manufacturers in China, no doubt eliciting much har hars as they forward it on to their friends

Priced at $5000, this shiny MacBook Air "is a standard 1.6ghz/2gb/80GB, with 24-karat gold plating, polished exterior, and flat/crystallite interior." Click here for first picture in gallery.

"Diamonds and jewelry depend on what the customer asks for," Alex points out, "the rainbow is 14-karat gold with 3.8ctw sapphires and adds another $3000 USD." The coolest thing: "You should see it light up when the screen turns on."

Yes, due to the MacBook Air's SSD drive, "it actually does look 'very different' than 99 percent of the notebooks they're [TSA] used to seeing under the scanner." Video after the break.

The culprit? Its solid state drive. Which means any notebook with a SSD could've gotten you busted by the Feds. Helpfully, they've since distributed photos of what SSD notebooks look like to security personnel

Lenovo decided to take a jab at Apple's MacBook Air in their newest ad campaign, touting its 2.9-pound ThinkPad X300 as the "Art of Thin". Video after the break.

Pencil thin laptop? Check. Floating with drop shadow? Check. Catch phrase in Helvetica Light? You bet. "Thinnovation" may have become "The art of thin," but there's no mistaking the implication of this new Lenovo web ad for the ThinkPad X300

IFixit recently got their hands on Apple's MacBook Air and decided to sneak a peek under its shell. Click here for first picture in gallery.

They also found the new multi-touch trackpad using the same control chip as the iPod touch and iPhone -- the Broadcom BCM5974. That leaves Apple plenty of room to grow the gesture options via software updates. Want to remove the battery? Go ahead, 19 screw removals will get the job done

If you thought the MacBook Air was thin, then check out what's inside this manila folder -- it doesn't cost $3,000. Video after the break.

Gadget Lab's Rob Beschizza has made himself a little piss-take of the MacBook Air. Curved corners—that's an Ives-esque attention to detail you've got there— and a killer punchline

If the MacBook Air were to include a built-in Super Drive, floppy drive, iPod Shuffle, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, and Firewire 400/800 ports, this is what it might look like.

The Macbook Air sure is a fine piece of Cupertino craftsmanship, but the lack of useful input ports is a complete downer on the slinky sexy soiree. Fret not, Flickr user Nybras.Rodrigo has conjured up a fantastic solution

An electronic musician from Uruguay converted a "retro-styled pilot suitcase" into a fully-functional PC, spending just $600. It comes complete with AMD 3200 processor, 1GB of memory, 120GB SATA HDD, and 15-inch Viewsonic LCD. Click here for first picture in gallery.

He did it for a simple reason: not enough money to buy a laptop. He needed something truly portable to take to his music gigs and a desktop didn't cut it. So he designed the case and put every component needed inside

John Mayer wants everyone to know that the MacBook Air "really is as cool as it looks -- lean, mean lifestyle workstation." Click here for one more picture.

That's right kids -- the unthinkable has happened. John Mayer, electric-crooner, BlackBerry pusher, ladykiller, and all around bon vivant has gotten his hands on a real, live MacBook Air

Press at MacWorld 2008 managed to get their hands on a factory sealed, Japanese MacBook Air and compared it to the Sony TZ. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Not only that, but they were allowed to compare it to another thin laptop, a Sony VAIO. Obviously, they allowed it because this particular model of VAIO is thick enough to make the MacBook Air look as thin as paper