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Love the MacBook Air’s keyboard? Who doesn’t - it’s probably the best keyboard we’ve all seen so far. Steve Jobs claimed it’s the best keyboard Apple ever made, and he's a person who really cares about the details.

Anyway, what do you think about having that kind of keyboard on your iPhone? Sure you won’t get the feel - just the look...

Details of Lenovo’s new ultraportable have been leaking out for nearly a month.

The latest bit of info on the X300 comes from a product page on Best Buy’s business site, which according to TrustedReviews and others listed a $2,744 configuration with a 13.3-inch display, 2GB memory, a 64GB SSD (solid-state disk) and a DVD burner. Meanwhile, a CDW product page states the X300 will be available on February 26. At this rate, there won’t be much left for Lenovo to announce.

Because of its compelling specs, the X300 has been dubbed by some reviews sites as a “MacBook Air-killer.” Never mind that Lenovo already has a loyal business following for its popular ThinkPad X-series ultraportables, while the MacBook Air has been shipping for slightly more than a week to mixed reviews. In any event, based on what has been reported so far, here’s how the two stack up.

Round 1: Performance

Clearly, the MacBook Air destroys the Vaio here, in all features other than RAM and hard drive space. It’s a bit odd that the Sony has a higher-capacity 1.8-inch hard drive, but perhaps that drive is thicker than what will fit in Apple’s design. Overall, the winner in this category isn’t surprising, given that it was one of the Air’s focus areas. It really is impressive, though, how much power Apple has packed into such a thin chassis. Winner: MacBook Air.