I agree the air is perfect for those things. Would of been nice to be able to watch movies on long flights though and during my lunch breaks.
I had the MB before and never had any problems with videos, sure the fan would kick in but it wouldnt result in everything slowing down and videos stuttering.
I was hoping someone would tell me ive just been unlucky and the MBA is fine for watching videos on. Seems like it wasn't built for thatso disappointed considering its such a nice looking machine.
I can watch movies all the way through without stuttering or getting too hot encoded in mp4 or mov in QT. Every time I use VLC it gets my fans going.