The New 2012 Macbook Air - Is there a better competitor?

Apple last week unveiled its new line-up of laptops including the latest revision to the Macbook Air. With prices staring at £849 for the 11-inch model, there's no doubt it's one of the more expensive laptops around but is there anything better on the market for it's specs and features? Source: Apple.com The Macbook Air competes with the latest line of ultrabooks - high-spec, low weight laptops running Microsoft Windows. Below is a comparison of the Macbook Air and a few other ultra books - for the purpose of this comparison we'll be using the baseline 13-inch Air. 2012 Macbook Air 13-inch: Price : £999 Screen : 13-inch Processor : Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge 1.8GHz - Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz Hard Drive : 128GB SSD RAM : 4GB Graphics : Intel HD Graphics 4000 Notes : Available from £859 for students. 2 USB 3.0 ports, 1 thunderbolt port, 1 SD card slot. Weights 1.3kg, 720p FaceTime camera, OS X Lion and iLife Suite included, 7 hours battery life, no buil