Most MacBook Air purchasers are seeing that their online orders are turning to shipping status with the majority expected to arrive Friday, but a minority of those are seeing units turning up on their doorsteps today.

UneasySilence.com offers a nice selection of unboxing photos of the MacBook Air.

Ars Technica has also received a MacBook Air, and compliments Apple on the slim packaging.

Over at Mac Rumors discussions are picking up as some Apple Store begin to put MacBook Air units on sale, one user has managed to get some hands on experience with a SSD model; something even the media have been unable to so far.