Valleywag, via an anonymous tipster, reports that the "manila envelope" reveal for a small laptop is far from new. DEC, if the tipster's memory serves, used the same wowser technique to show off a HiNote Ultra—almost 15 years ago. This thing looks somewhat ungainly now. But it was, as the ad copy tells us, only an inch thick.
MacBook Air ad campaign a copy of Digital campaign from years ago [Valleywag]
