Apple is making the iPad into a lackluster MacBook (AAPL)

The MacBook Air is one of the -- if notthe -- bestlaptops ever made. It's light, and powerful, and feels as though it were carved out of a block of metal. And yet, despite its excellence, Apple is seemingly in the process of replacing it. Apple Instead of updatingthe MacBook Air, which Apple is doing in the short-term, the long-term plan is just under the surface: Slowly phase out the MacBook Air in favor of the iPad Pro. Look no further than Apple's most recent press conference -- Monday'sWWDC ...