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Thinnest Laptop in the World?….Pffft!!
15Jan2008 Filed under: General Linux Author: Rami TaibahWell Steve Jobs just finished his keynote speech announcing the much rumored Macbook Air. which measures 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches! Impressive huh?? Apple are touting the MBA as the thinnest laptop in the world. Or is it?
Actually Sony produced the Vaio PCG-X505 back in 2004. This laptop boasted a .38″ to .8″ thickness! Pretty much comparable to the 2008 Apple wonder eh? And that was 4 years back!
The Toshiba Portege r200 measures 11.3 inches wide, 9 inches deep, and 0.8 inch thick:
The Asus U3S-A1B is also worthy of a mention, it is around 1.26 inches thick also:
And for the grand finale, Sharp had an ultranotebook (PC-UM20) back in 2002 boasting an impressive .65 inch thickness! That’s .13 inches less than Macbook Air! At what cost? only $1700 only! (Thanks AdRy from digg)
Hmmm, so whats all the fuss about? So we have a 6 year old laptop that’s already thinner, and around two thirds of the price. Sony had an almost identically slim model 4 years ago, Toshiba already offers a .8 inch model, and Asus has a model thats a 1/3 of an inch thicker. I am sure there are some others out there. Apple haven’t brought anything new to the world, perhaps just sensational marketing.
Macbook Air will probably fly off the shelves, which I have no beef with, however I have beef with people thinking it’s the best thing since sliced bread! Trust me people, nothing to see here, move along.
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Bob Vote:
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January 16th, 2008 at 12:54 am
But … but … but … Apple r00lz!!!
So many people are brainwashed into this belief that Apple is always the best. No doubt the fanboys will be here soon to complain about you being biased, a minion of Bill Gates, etc …
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atropos Vote:
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January 16th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Actually a minion of the penguin mind you…but ya you are right
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xx Vote:
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January 16th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
the people who think apple stuff is good, have never taken it apart and seen what crap it really is. More expensive throw-away if broken craptronics.
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Jack Vote:
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January 16th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Wow! Interesting findings, I’m impressed.
Good job soldier
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January 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Thinnest laptop ever is a Sharp:
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9852240-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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33t Vote:
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January 17th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Great .. I’m gonna dump everything in the world and go buy the so called thinnest laptop in the world !! ..
come on .. don’t assume the driver seat while you’re sitting in the back !!
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June 24th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
The MacBook Air is still by far a higher quality product. Apple do have a bad reputation for claiming to be the first for things, which a few begrudged nerds decide to spend their time disproving, but at the end of the day, can you really argue against the fact that the MacBook Air is far superior in quality than any of the alternatives? I can’t
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Rami Taibah Vote:
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June 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
@Hans: I would argue that the Mac Book Air fails in the department of value for money. For such an high ticket laptop, one would suspect having a DVD drive, a replaceable battery, FireWire, Ethernet, multiple USB ports, audio input, and optical audio output…
So yes I can argue that
And thanks for stopping by!
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