I want a new laptop, mainly because the one I currently have and use is way to heavy for me to carry around.
Besides, I want to taste a bit new techs, like SSD and USB 3.0. I heard SSD significantly saves time, as for USB 3.0, I have a portable hard disk that supports this new standard unfortunately I haven’t been able to test the transfer speed, which is obviously vitally important to me if I’m using a laptop with 128G SSD.
So I want a laptop that:
- is thin and light (including battery stuff);
- screen size between 13 in and 14 in;
- comes with 128G SSD and USB 3.0;
- running Linux on it won’t be much trouble;
- long battery life;
- good temperature control;
- not ugly, not like Apple copycat;
- high screen resolution;
- nice keyboard;
- affordable;
I understand nowadays laptops come with pre-installed OS, I wonder if I don’t want it, is it possible that I’ll get a refund or price cut?
I don’t really care much about anything else. I just want a portable, fast, reliable Linux machine >_< Any advice? TIA.

好吧我也想要一个这样的
不想选择MBA还真的不太好办呢,可以去看看宏碁Timeline Ultra系列,我看了下大概的性格应该能满足你的要求,只是价格方面未知,今年二季度之后才能出货。
嗯我也有留意这个系列。今年第二季才出货意味着….贵…呜呜。其实现在好多机子都比MBA还厉害啦,而且MBA又不配USB 3.0给我用
对哦,我也才意识到MBA没有USB 3.0,而且还不是自带USB Ethernet转接器,总觉得有点坑爹。那照你的意思看,我真的不知道能推荐什么了,我对电脑懂得的也不多。年后回来兴许有新品呢~
affordable 这个条件不易满足
http://www.engadget.com/photos/sony-ultrabook-concept/
这个看起来不错。
要轻薄又非 MBA 肯定要买 Ultrabook