Same here... 15" MBA is what I've been waiting for for a long time. I'm on 2nd generation 15" MBPro, which can die any day now. Not sure why this is not considered a priority for Apple, since it would be a perfect work machine (13" is just too small).

I'm personally hoping they redesign the MBP such that it loses the optical drive, keeps the 2.5" drive bay, and adds the flash storage from the Air (or something equivalent). A HDD+SSD combo in a laptop would be ideal. They should at least do this in the larger 17" model, if not the others.

If that never happens, I'm just going to get an Optibay or equivalent.

i was holding out hope for the same thing, based on rumours flying around this summer that the next MBP update would essentially merge the air and pro lines. with todays refresh, it looks like that probably isn't happening.

the first company to release a 15" 1080p "ultrabook", whether it's apple or one of the windows manufacturers, will get my money.