Could having less ports mean you're more succesful?

I'm predicting the Macbook Air will be come a status symbol regardless of the tech limitations. You won't know too people who can afford one and will be more likely to see it in InStyle or People magazine!

A side note: While sitting in the Drivesaver's Hopitaility suite at Macworld, I was surrounded by their display of countless celebrities, musicians, politicians who wrote a personal note thanking Drivesavers for saving their data. I asked the PR people, "So the more famous you are the less likely you are to back up?" They could only politely laugh at my observation. Case in point, the week before the show, they had retrieved the data from a famous movie star's laptop that had DIED HARD.

In the future, could how successful you are be reflected in how few USB ports you need?

From CNet's Review:

There are a lot of small notebooks on the market that sell pretty well. Dell's Latitude D430, for example, is the same weight as the Air, has the same display resolution (on a slightly smaller screen), has all the usual I/O ports and expandability, and it's a good bit cheaper. It's a decent-looking machine, but it makes no sacrifices to style.

By comparison, the MacBook Air looks like it's from a different planet, a more advanced civilization. It's like that because it's missing all of the functionality that forces the Dell machine to look relatively clunky-- all the connectors, buttons, and lights that make it more usable, all the latches and screws that make it expandable.

The Air has almost none of that stuff, but while that makes it irrelevant to most people, the Air's clean, thin lines make it uniquely attractive for others.If I was a Hollywood studio executive, a New York art-gallery owner, or an editor of one of those fashion magazines, there's just no other computer I'd want to use. I'm not any of these things, of course; very few people are. But do understand: there are people who are exceptionally style-conscious for personal and professional reasons, and the MacBook Air was designed for these people

Apple's MacBook Air: A design review | Speeds and feeds - Technology analysis by Peter N. Glaskowsky - CNET Blogs

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