MacBook Air, OS X Lion due next week-

MacBook Air, OS X Lion due next week?
OS X Lion will bring plenty of enhancements and tweaks, including iCloud services built into the software, iOS-style Launchpad to house apps,full-screen apps and previewing Preview PDFs full-screen, Mission Control that comes up with a three-finger swipe, automatic tracking of document version history, and a resume feature that picks up where the user left off, among other new features. And the new MacBook Air will be the perfect platform to utilize some of these iOS-like features.Weighing a scant 2.3 pounds (11.6-inch model), it is expected to pack fast Intel Sandy Bridge Core i series processors for the first time and a Thunderbolt port--both features already present on its 13-inch MacBook Pro cousin.A CNET report last month, citing a research note from Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, said that supplier checks suggest the production of the new Air could "ramp to as high as 1.5 [million] units per [quarter] or 50 percent of the MacBook business."That would be a significant milestone since it would point to the future of Apple's laptop development focus: small, light designs with iPad-like characteristics. Whitmore also said that OS X Lion will "spur a large part of the 54 [million] Mac installed base to upgrade."