editor
hiraethified
Perhaps in your world, but I'd imagine an awful lot of people would rate functionality, available ports, expandability, DVD burning, battery life, features and security over how cool it looks.
Lenovo X300 laptop released. MacBook Air deflated.
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It's not my world to buy overpriced, functionally stunted laptops, that's for sure.
However, if I had the kind of cash to buy one of those machines, I'd almost certainly have more powerful machines lying around elsewhere, with all the added bells and whistles I could ever want (and many that I'll never want). TBH with that in mind, the fact that one has an ectra connector or two and promises easier expandability is neither here nor there. The Air does more than enough for the average businessman filling in a Excel table on a short flight.
Thought the battery life wasn't great on eiher machine btw
However, if I had the kind of cash to buy one of those machines, I'd almost certainly have more powerful machines lying around elsewhere, with all the added bells and whistles I could ever want (and many that I'll never want). TBH with that in mind, the fact that one has an ectra connector or two and promises easier expandability is neither here nor there. The Air does more than enough for the average businessman filling in a Excel table on a short flight.
Thought the battery life wasn't great on eiher machine btw
Structaural
in Chatsubo
I was thinking about this the other day - the last time I put a CD/DVD in my mac was installing Leopard 4 months ago - I only use the burner for archiving and giving others pirate material and most people have a home machine for that (don't they?). I use a 4gb smartdrive for almost everything else.
Anyway look how fat it is compared with the Air:
I wouldn't buy either though, too poncey. MacBook would do me fine, macpro if I was a rich man. Windows OSs are no good to me.
Anyway look how fat it is compared with the Air:
I wouldn't buy either though, too poncey. MacBook would do me fine, macpro if I was a rich man. Windows OSs are no good to me.
editor
hiraethified
It's quoted as up to 10 hours with the X300's optional additional 3 cell battery. And, of course, batteries can be easily swapped.
editor
hiraethified
How about if you're away from a home on the road and want to watch a DVD, play a game you've just bought or some music CDs?
My current UMPC laptop hasn't got a CD/DVD and boy have I missed it at times.
So you'd quibble about taking a small DVD-writer along with you, but a heavy extra battery is ok?
Neither for me please.
editor
hiraethified
I'm not sure how heavy the battery would be but I do know that I hate being without a built in CD/DVD player after owning such a machine for the last 4 years.
And removable batteries are well handy.
Structaural
in Chatsubo
I suppose I'd make sure I had a few movie rips on it - but good point nonetheless.
editor
hiraethified
I can remember being stuck in my Wi Fi-less hotel room with a pile of freshly bought CDs and DVDs and feeling very bored indeed.
Kanda
Diving wanker
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Your lack of foresight isn't really the point
I don't know why someone like the Ed didn't have a 3G dongle...
editor
hiraethified
How about because I don't fancy forking out for one?
And that still wouldn't get the DVDs or CDs playing, would it?
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
you might find theres' a linux distro which can scan the dvd's via the finger print reader and reconsitute them back into playable formats ....
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I thought all road warriors have them these days. I know 3G dongles don't play CD/DVDs!
I thought all road warriors have them these days. I know 3G dongles don't play CD/DVDs!
Not much point when the Editor can use his Centro as a modem...
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
oh lord not again...
that being said the fingerprint scanner is a cool little device and is quite handy on a laptop... speeds some thingd up
that being said the fingerprint scanner is a cool little device and is quite handy on a laptop... speeds some thingd up
Structaural
in Chatsubo
Reminds me of the three weeks I spent in Brussels with only MTV for company and only dial-up at the job I was on. A lot of gin was drunk... still it made me go out.
Still can't really see a use for it. It is a gimmick IMO.
From your link, divvy!
PRICE: £1,700 (£1,998 inc VAT)
£1.7k if you are VAT registered and it would be safe to assume that 90% of people are not VAT registered therefor the price is £2,000 albeit for £2.
Only because you have no use for it. There are people who do, and they probably don't think its a "gimmick"...
Last time I took my laptop anywhere where I knew there'd be no wifi or other entertainment I made sure I had a couple of films already on my HDD to watch and a stack of music to listen to. Although with such a small HDD it wouldn't leave me with much room so I'd probably have to lug another external HDD around. Great!
Ipods are now 160 Gb...
Structaural
in Chatsubo
My gf asked me to put the iTunes library and the entire series of Heroes on her lappy the other day. Unfortunately the itunes is 60gb, and I only bought her the cheap 80gb harddrive which seems to only have 25gb free. Ah well..
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
If the drive is empty, but still 25gb, most likely it's full of bad sectors and on the way out...
editor
hiraethified
Right. So if you can't find a use for something on a computer that isn't even aimed at you, then it can only be a "gimmick."
Grrreat logic!
editor
hiraethified
This may come as a bit of a surprise to you, but not everyone has the time or inclination to go around carefully copying and loading up films to watch on their laptop when they're on the road with their job.
And if the mood takes then, it's a damn sight easier to pop into a local store and buy a load of DVDs/CD music releases than pissing about with transferring files on/off laptops.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Does anyone on this thread own either of the machines or thinking about buying one? If not then why do you care so much? 
FWIW if you have data so important that you are worried about it being nicked then maybe you shouldn't be leaving it on a laptop. TBH think the average laptop theif is probably more intrested in how many bags of brown it buys rather then what's stored on it.
FWIW if you have data so important that you are worried about it being nicked then maybe you shouldn't be leaving it on a laptop. TBH think the average laptop theif is probably more intrested in how many bags of brown it buys rather then what's stored on it.
