For what used to be the best TECH site in the world, it's shocking how much IQs have dropped around here in recent years.
1. Any comparison with an ipad stops abrubtly when you realise this thing has 8GB ram, 256GB PCIe storage, and, you know, OSX. So it will run pretty much everything you throw at it, from World of Warcraft to Photoshop.
2. It is FANLESS. That means zero moving parts, zero noise. This is a reason alone for me to get it.
3. The fact that it has one port is not bad at all. Basically there are two main work scenarios:
a) You work from your desk (external monitor, etc). So you have a hub attached and all you have to plug / unplug is ONE cable (not 5). This is actually a good thing, not a bad one.
b) You go mobile. With a 9 hour battery, why the hell would you ever need more than 1 port? (assuming you ever do, for that 1% of situations there are adapters).
4. The only somewhat bad part is Core M, which is why I would wait for Skylake, which shows great promise over Broadwell. But even so, the CPU is probably more than ok for 90% of folks out there.
5. Wanna bet that in 1-2 generations, the new Macbook is going to become the new reference in laptop design? Just as it happened with the Air.