At WWDC the announcement of OS X Mavericks, plus the release of the new Intel Haswell-based Macs on which it will eventually run, reaffirmed Apple's direction to keep touch with the province of iOS devices. Meanwhile, on the Windows side, we are increasingly seeing a host of ultraportables that can either convert to a tablet by rotating or twisting the keyboard or have the touch-enabled screen detach for a purer tablet experience.
While we've seen a number of Windows makers enable this on PCs that are 13" or even larger, it makes the most sense on smallest notebooks since those make for a more comfortable tablet scenario. If the trend keeps up, the 11" MacBook Air may be the last notebook standing (or, rather, poised on a surface) that d