Why didn't Apple introduce the MBA 3 years ago?
To be fair, "a few years ago" you wouldn't have been able to find thin LED backlit displays, CPUs with the power/watt ratio of even the Merom, affordable SSDs, ....
In other words, no company, not even Apple, could have done the MBA if they'd attempted it 3 years ago.
btw. - isn't it interesting that a concept involving a "thin chip for use in an extremely thin computer" is something intel had to "put on the back burner after PC makers gave it a ho-hum reception"?
To be fair, "a few years ago" you wouldn't have been able to find thin LED backlit displays, CPUs with the power/watt ratio of even the Merom, affordable SSDs, ....
In other words, no company, not even Apple, could have done the MBA if they'd attempted it 3 years ago.