Dell Inspiron Laptop

[Mr. Anderson]

For what ever reason, Dell has decided to put fake burlwood palm rests option on their new Laptop - gag, ack!

Pretty friggin funny. I'm sure this is to make all the executives feel more warmly towards their laptop, and maybe go with their nice executive desk....

[britboy]

Heh heh... 'luxury' laptops? Ha!

That's a cute touch. I still prefer my titanium.

[mischief]

That Dell has little triangles of fake poo on it!! How appropriate! :D

Now we just need to set the Winboot noise to a big wet flatulent queef.:eek: ;) :rolleyes:

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by mischief
That Dell has little triangles of fake poo on it!! How appropriate! :D


oh yeah....sorry about that... ;)

[Backtothemac]

Hey, it looks like the woodgrain from my grandfathers old Ford Grenada stationwagon that he had when I was a kid. Aww, it gives me memories of....

PUKE!!!

That is unreal. I cannot believe that someone could buy that, use that, and think, hey, my laptop looks cool!

[Moxiemike]

Yet another reason to laugh at DELL people. I love when they come into the coffeehouse and ask me how I am on the internet (wireless ready coffeeshop). I try and explain it to them, and they ask if I had to buyt anything extra. I have a 667 ti with airport installed already, so I say "No." They ask if PCs can do it.... I again fib a bit and say "No."

Hehe

m

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Yet another reason to laugh at DELL people. I love when they come into the coffeehouse and ask me how I am on the internet (wireless ready coffeeshop). I try and explain it to them, and they ask if I had to buyt anything extra. I have a 667 ti with airport installed already, so I say "No." They ask if PCs can do it.... I again fib a bit and say "No."

Hehe

m

Well, they can do it, but not with the class, style and range that a Mac can.

[Moxiemike]

Exactly. Which is why I just lie and tell them they can't do it.

Plus, the thought of some skanky DELL sucking up the bandwith so preciously shared amongst my tibook, my friend's wallstreet, her boyfriends pismo, my buddy dug's iBook and the other Macs I see there... well, no Winblows Encroaching. :)

I could so see a potential "your DSL made my PC get a virus" lawsuit.

heh

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Moxiemike


I could so see a potential "your DSL made my PC get a virus" lawsuit.

heh

ha! that's good. But you were telling the truth to a certain extent. Your mac has a built in wireless card, pc laptops don't, and the antenna sticks out. Its one of things that I really like about the macs.....

[Moxiemike]

Exactly. I had to help a friend try and install a wireless card in her PC and get it online.

No such luck.

Popped an Airport card in my buddy's iBook and Voila! Easy as cake!

[agreenster]

Jesus Christ. And people wonder why Apple users are so passionate about their computers. That Dell has GOT to be the ugliest piece of worm-ridden filth I have ever seen.

[Mr. Anderson]

It is pretty bad, they have some others too. I found out about it because for some reason they deliver the Dell catalog to my house, pretty silly. And I was flipping through it and saw that wood finish and had to post it. It was my duty as a loyal mac owner to show how good we actually have it and what other companies consider *style*

D

[Durandal7]

Following in the footsteps of the Dell Executive Laptop w/ Burlwood palm rests comes the Dell Formica Series. The Dell Formica Series is intended for the middle-class person. It is available in several breakthrough Colors™ including Blue Grain, White Tile and Fake Marble. The Dell Formica Series can also be custom ordered to match your kitchen counter!

(Blue Grain model pictured, $1,799)

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by asurace
Following in the footsteps of the Dell Executive Laptop w/ Burlwood palm rests comes the Dell Formica Series. The Dell Formica Series is intended for the middle-class person. It is available in several breakthrough Colors™ including Blue Grain, White Tile and Fake Marble. The Dell Formica Series can also be custom ordered to match your kitchen counter!

(Blue Grain model pictured, $1,799)

Oh, snap! Why not one with brick! After all, the damn thing is as heavy as one. :p

[Mr. Anderson]

ha, nice one. what *will* dell come up with next. good photoshop work there asurace.....


this whole thing sort of proves why dell's R&D philosophy is to let everyone else come up with the new hardware and dell just make it cheaper by selling more.....they wouldn't know how to design anything new that anyone would actually want....

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by dukestreet
ha, nice one. what *will* dell come up with next. good photoshop work there asurace.....


I'm guessing that the next thing from Dell will be all-in-one computers available in bright colors like Raspberry and Lemon-lime.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by asurace


I'm guessing that the next thing from Dell will be all-in-one computers available in bright colors like Raspberry and Lemon-lime.

oh god I hope not! :eek:

we've already seen so many things from the "Rainbow" color palette...I don't think I could handle that...it would be way too fugly... :rolleyes:

[Durandal7]

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[ThinkpadsRule]

Some pc laptops do have built in wireless networking without having a card installed. My thinkpad has it built in without a card. It is a new innovation by IBM. It is built into the screen casing and has great range. So pc laptops aren't nearly as bad as you guys try and make them out to be.

[mischief]

[Cheech Marin voice/]
A deluxe pimped out laptop wit wire wheels, dja gold chrome, neon trim, lowrider keyboard wit dja hydraulics, tinted screen an a custom version of XP wit dingleballs across dja top ju know?

Comes in custom color too! like yellow metallic over black primer and my favourite: Ganja red metallic clearcoat over leaffy green...

An remember: It ain't fast but'chull be gettin der in style!

[/Cheech Marin voice]

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by ThinkpadsRule
Some pc laptops do have built in wireless networking without having a card installed. My thinkpad has it built in without a card. It is a new innovation by IBM. It is built into the screen casing and has great range. So pc laptops aren't nearly as bad as you guys try and make them out to be.

I never said they were bad, and I don't think we need to get into all that again. The iBook has the antenna incorporated into the screen as well. And I think sony might actually have the built ins as well.

D

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by ThinkpadsRule
Some pc laptops do have built in wireless networking without having a card installed. My thinkpad has it built in without a card. It is a new innovation by IBM. It is built into the screen casing and has great range. So pc laptops aren't nearly as bad as you guys try and make them out to be.

Dude that is not a new innovation by anyone. The original iBooks had that like two almost three years ago. That is the problem with PC's they incorporate new tech and never give credit where credit is due.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Backtothemac


Dude that is not a new innovation by anyone. The original iBooks had that like two almost three years ago. That is the problem with PC's they incorporate new tech and never give credit where credit is due.

and who was it that said Apple is not an innovative company?! :rolleyes:

[King Cobra]

Burlwood Palm on a peecee notebook...that's impressive. Now we know exactly how creative the peecee world is. While Apple works their ash off in creating the Titanium G4 and focusing on slick new designs the peecee world has now integrated wood and marble coverings on their notebooks.

I wonder what comes after wood and marble. Probably stalagmites and stone. :)

As for innovation, the peecee world has done it again, with their sack of wood. Our innovation is the first affordable "gigaflop" computer. And Apple will continue to innovate.
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[balliet]

You guys do realize that you can replace those palm rests don't you. In fact, I think you have to pay extra to get the "wooden" ones. Plain black comes standard (At least thats how it was when I got mine).

I know this is a mac forum, and making fun of dell is fun, but it seems the original poster was trying to make it look like this was dell next big thing or something. Its not, its just a stupid option that no one in their right mind would go for.

(Just to try to cut down on the flames a little, I do own a new dual 1ghz g4, and if I were to buy a new laptop today, I'd be a Powerbook)

[Grokgod]

Burlwood palm, The perfect fake accessory for the perfect wanna be in style computer.
Its another one of those add ons that look SO added on as an after thought.

Of course, I would hardly call this a thought, more like a subconscious error that should have never seen the light of day.

Why didnt someone in the boardroom at DELL, stand up and say.
"UHH Thats a really bad idea, that SUCKS"

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by balliet
I know this is a mac forum, and making fun of dell is fun, but it seems the original poster was trying to make it look like this was dell next big thing or something. Its not, its just a stupid option that no one in their right mind would go for.)

No, he was making fun of the stupid option.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by balliet
I know this is a mac forum, and making fun of dell is fun, but it seems the original poster was trying to make it look like this was dell next big thing or something. Its not, its just a stupid option that no one in their right mind would go for.

(Just to try to cut down on the flames a little, I do own a new dual 1ghz g4, and if I were to buy a new laptop today, I'd be a Powerbook)

As the original poster, who posted this

Originally posted by dukestreet
Dell has decided to put fake burlwood palm rests option on their new Laptop - gag, ack!

You can clearly see that the word option is in the original post. I started this thing because the cover of their recent mailorder catalog has 9! -- NINE! of them on the cover, with Burlewood hand rests. This would seem to me that they are really excited about this option. And if you look inside, there are quite a few more. I'm not *bashing* Dell for there machines, but for their ideas on design.

Thank you, and have a good day....

D

oh, asurace - thanks for covering my back:cool:

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by dukestreet

oh, asurace - thanks for covering my back:cool:

No problem duke, I was having fun with this thread anyway.

[ejb190]

I just ordered a Dell for the parents (I know, I know...) While I was over there I saw an all-in-one built around a flat screen. For some reason I can't find it on their page now. I didn't pay much attention to it (not expandable enough - I needed a tower). Looked just like what many folks were expecting before the new iMac came out - a case with a LCD plastered on it.

Oh, and some fancy colored accents on the sides...:rolleyes:

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by ejb190
I just ordered a Dell for the parents (I know, I know...) While I was over there I saw an all-in-one built around a flat screen. For some reason I can't find it on their page now. I didn't pay much attention to it (not expandable enough - I needed a tower). Looked just like what many folks were expecting before the new iMac came out - a case with a LCD plastered on it.

Oh, and some fancy colored accents on the sides...:rolleyes:

You mean you got them a tower instead of that great laptop with the burlwood palm rests :rolleyes: .

[balliet]

Originally posted by dukestreet

You can clearly see that the word option is in the original post.

I see, I clearly did not read the original post. Sorry about that. Although there are some people (not you) who do bash dell and it just kinda bugs me.

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by balliet


I see, I clearly did not read the original post. Sorry about that. Although there are some people (not you) who do bash dell and it just kinda bugs me.

Dell is just an easy target for us. Especially with Mikey Dell as the CEO :rolleyes: .

[agreenster]

Originally posted by balliet
Although there are some people (not you) who do bash dell and it just kinda bugs me.

I used to work for a company that was doing some design business with Dell, and we proposed many concepts and prototypes for innovative computers to them. They told us that the ideas were great and could push computing to the next level, but flatly refused to back it. They informed us that it is Dell's sole policy to jump on a product that is already selling very well, reproduce it, and re-sell it under the Dell name. Yes, many companies do this on a limited basis, and it is a great way to make money--but it also shows a lack of vision, and it demonstrates that Dell doesnt give a rip about their customer's computer experience, just that they make a buck. I (we) love Apple because product innovation, and computing that beautifully manages a lifestyle comes first.

They promptly told us to take the idea to Sony and Apple because they would love to be a part of it in 2-3 years.

Not bashing, just telling it how it is.

[AlphaTech]

I'm sure that there are people here that remember how dell claimed that they had the first wireless network ready laptops on the market. That was a couple of years AFTER Apple started making ALL their laptops, and new towers able to accept the airport card. Add a simple card and you have a wireless system, no bulky antennae sticking out of the back of a desktop or out of the side of your laptop.

The dell commercial mother-f*cker annoys the CRAP out of me. I have to change the channel every time I see it go on the tv, or put it on mute.

If someone suddenly gave me a dell (for free) I would either turn around and sell it (in the still sealed box) or give it to a family member that would actually use it (if any would).

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by AlphaTech

If someone suddenly gave me a dell (for free) I would either turn around and sell it (in the still sealed box) or give it to a family member that would actually use it (if any would).

Heh heh, no one in my family would be caught dead with it.

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by asurace


Heh heh, no one in my family would be caught dead with it.

Unfortunately, I am the only family member that appreciates the Mac. My bro-in-law has a compaq :rolleyes:, and my cousin and his family build systems. I built my own game peecee, and wouldn't buy a pre-built, ever.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by AlphaTech


Unfortunately, I am the only family member that appreciates the Mac. My bro-in-law has a compaq :rolleyes:, and my cousin and his family build systems. I built my own game peecee, and wouldn't buy a pre-built, ever.

I feel your pain Alpha...I'm the only one in my family as well...

doesn't help that my dad could care less...and my step-dad works for the USDA....so naturally he's built systems for himself and others...all full lock & load systems...

and my close friends are all peecee....but a few are Macheads...

[AlphaTech]

I'm not the one in pain... they are when they get the BSOD... I almost feel sorry for those bastards... well, almost almost... :D

[Grokgod]

Sorry to hear that you as a mac user, get irritated by people that bash Dell.

Hell , its such an easy thing to do.
As AlphaTech demonstrated so aptly, :)

This recent attempt of theirs at so called design while staying within their tiny
comfort zone, lends them to the greatest of ridicule.
Especially from Mac users!

Its like living in a mansion with a beautiful fountain outside your door.
And the guy across the street in a cardboard shack hangs a mercedes symbol on his door.

Its just so silly and pathetic for a large company like Dell to be contrained by what is so obvously the lack of skill, intelligence, and vision. They should be making fridges or stoves. Or better yet, making venere for compressed particle board.

As you can tell, I do BASH Dell!

BASH BASH BASH, and the Dell dude is the WORST!

DUDE< Get a LIFE!

[britboy]

Originally posted by agreenster


They promptly told us to take the idea to Sony and Apple because they would love to be a part of it in 2-3 years.

Not bashing, just telling it how it is.


Sorry, let me get this straight. They actively go out of their way to not innovate? How dumb can they get? The computer industry is moving so quickly that you almost have to predict the next wave, and jump on early to stand a chance.

Fortunately for us, apple have been he one's making those waves for the past few years :)

[Mr. Anderson]

Well, I'm giving my older mac to my parents, who don't have a computer, my brother's wife is a teacher and she has one of the all it ones from way back that were G3s right before the iMacs, and my cousin has a one as well.

So I've got a few in my familly, but I imagine I'm the biggest mac head of the bunch.

D

[Moxiemike]

You know.... there was a company who back in 1996 had "skinnable" laptop covers, some actually being burlwood and whatnot.

I think the company was called Apple and the model was the 1400. :) :) :) :)

So yea, make fun of DELL for "innovative" laptop designs.....I guess they innovated what part their Apple rip off goes on-- Apple's were on the outside.... DELL's are on the inside.

And while I'm at it, I'll make fun of the PB1400 skins. UGLY!

:) ;)

m

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by balliet
You guys do realize that you can replace those palm rests don't you. In fact, I think you have to pay extra to get the "wooden" ones. Plain black comes standard (At least thats how it was when I got mine).

I know this is a mac forum, and making fun of dell is fun, but it seems the original poster was trying to make it look like this was dell next big thing or something. Its not, its just a stupid option that no one in their right mind would go for.

(Just to try to cut down on the flames a little, I do own a new dual 1ghz g4, and if I were to buy a new laptop today, I'd be a Powerbook)

Please understand that this rant comes from having to own a PC a year ago so that my wife could run AutoCad, and we made the mistake of buying a Dell.

Dude, your getting a piece of *****.

Did you know that Dell, at their discretion, without notice to the consumer, can used refub parts in their new computer? At least that is what they told us at Gateway. Now, I understand that baseless rants should not occur. However, there is a strong reputation in the US about both the quality of the machines that Dell makes, and their lack of quality support for them. If you bought a dell laptop, why would you make your next one a PowerBook? That is the same reason that we flame Dell.

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by Backtothemac


Please understand that this rant comes from having to own a PC a year ago so that my wife could run AutoCad, and we made the mistake of buying a Dell.

Dude, your getting a piece of *****.

Did you know that Dell, at their discretion, without notice to the consumer, can used refub parts in their new computer? At least that is what they told us at Gateway. Now, I understand that baseless rants should not occur. However, there is a strong reputation in the US about both the quality of the machines that Dell makes, and their lack of quality support for them. If you bought a dell laptop, why would you make your next one a PowerBook? That is the same reason that we flame Dell.

BTTM, I hear you on the AutoCad thing-- My dad has to buy PC's for AutoCad. Took us 14 hours to installa firewire drive. Insane. He loves Mac and would switch in a second-- as a matter of fact, when I come back from meetings (we share an office) he'll sometimes be surfing the net on my dual gig tower.

That said, he has a SONY which is a fairly decent machine.... but he paid 2200 bucks for it a year ago and it has no video card. Amazing! Says on the box "16mb of Video Ram, AGP graphics."

I so want him to get a class action going against PCs manufacturers who pull this S***. And those DELL laptops are cheap but man are they clunky and heavy. A friend of mine has one with the 15" screen-- what a HORRID implementation of that! There's a lip that overhangs the base.... ugly drive bays in the front (which are completely inaccessible) and it gets NO battery life whatsoever. He bought a 12.1 " iBook and loves it. And he's running OSX on a 500mhz G3 and believes it's faster that XP on his 1.1 ghz or whatever laptop.

Imagine that!

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by Moxiemike


BTTM, I hear you on the AutoCad thing-- My dad has to buy PC's for AutoCad. Took us 14 hours to installa firewire drive. Insane. He loves Mac and would switch in a second-- as a matter of fact, when I come back from meetings (we share an office) he'll sometimes be surfing the net on my dual gig tower.

That said, he has a SONY which is a fairly decent machine.... but he paid 2200 bucks for it a year ago and it has no video card. Amazing! Says on the box "16mb of Video Ram, AGP graphics."

I so want him to get a class action going against PCs manufacturers who pull this S***. And those DELL laptops are cheap but man are they clunky and heavy. A friend of mine has one with the 15" screen-- what a HORRID implementation of that! There's a lip that overhangs the base.... ugly drive bays in the front (which are completely inaccessible) and it gets NO battery life whatsoever. He bought a 12.1 " iBook and loves it. And he's running OSX on a 500mhz G3 and believes it's faster that XP on his 1.1 ghz or whatever laptop.

Imagine that!

Hey, VPC 5.0.2 is fast enough under X to run AutoCad on my G3 600's. So, if you have a dual gig tower, it should be very nice indeed. May even outperform that Pony. You should get a copy and try it. Now under 9, yea, it will perform on the level of a PIII 750 or so depending on the memory that you give it.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
So yea, make fun of DELL for "innovative" laptop designs.....I guess they innovated what part their Apple rip off goes on-- Apple's were on the outside.... DELL's are on the inside.

And while I'm at it, I'll make fun of the PB1400 skins. UGLY!


I'd love to see pics of that...it just shows you Dells only 6 years behind in style....maybe they were trying for the retro-look.

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by dukestreet


I'd love to see pics of that...it just shows you Dells only 6 years behind in style....maybe they were trying for the retro-look.

Ha! That is a great point Duke. great point!

I just wish I knew what look Apple was going for with Flower Power. he.he. Although I have one, and it is much better in person.

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by Backtothemac


Ha! That is a great point Duke. great point!

I just wish I knew what look Apple was going for with Flower Power. he.he. Although I have one, and it is much better in person.

Guess that makes you a pot-head... :D

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by Backtothemac


Ha! That is a great point Duke. great point!

I just wish I knew what look Apple was going for with Flower Power. he.he. Although I have one, and it is much better in person.

I'll try to find some pics of the pb1400 skins. They had a burlwood skin that went over the back of the machine and had a cutout for the apple logo. Pretty Garish.

I may have to try the VPC thing for AutoCad... He has a 1.1ghz athlon... might be close on the Dualie. But then again, he ain't gonna get to close to it. :)

Plus he's got an investmentin a plotter and a 24x36 digitizer......

They really oughtta just make AutoCad for OSX. It would ROCK

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by Moxiemike


I'll try to find some pics of the pb1400 skins. They had a burlwood skin that went over the back of the machine and had a cutout for the apple logo. Pretty Garish.

I may have to try the VPC thing for AutoCad... He has a 1.1ghz athlon... might be close on the Dualie. But then again, he ain't gonna get to close to it. :)

Plus he's got an investmentin a plotter and a 24x36 digitizer......

They really oughtta just make AutoCad for OSX. It would ROCK


There is a petition online at Architosh to bring AutoCad to X. There used to be a verison years and years ago, but it died. I personally think that the stuff that Architosh makes is better than AutoCad, but that is just me.

[ThinkpadsRule]

Ibooks still need the airport card. My thinkpad needs nothing, it is all incorporated into the screen. So it is a new innovation and I used innovation correctly. Therefore credit is given where credit is due.

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by ThinkpadsRule
Ibooks still need the airport card. My thinkpad needs nothing, it is all incorporated into the screen. So it is a new innovation and I used innovation correctly. Therefore credit is given where credit is due.

My tibook needed nothing. And i paid a premium just like you must have.

http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=2072540&smrfnbr=2072488&cntrfnbr=1&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US&scrfnbr=73

Black on White. The integrated wireless on an IBM thinkpad is only standard on the $3599 version which stacks up quite nicely with the $3199 tiBook.

As such, you would need to make it a special order... just like the iBook and low end tiBook. :)

Sorry. BUt if you pay $2199 for an underwhleming and HEAVY stinkpad, you don't get any wireless integrating out of the box. And in any case, Apple has been doing this in the ti's since September.....so, given credit for innovation where credit is due... to Apple.

So, yea, your point about the iBook is valid to some extent-- but that's like compairing a Ferarri to a VW. :)

[britboy]

Originally posted by Moxiemike


My tibook needed nothing. And i paid a premium just like you must have.



Erm, the tibook does need an airport card. It's just that with the top-end model it comes pre-installed. It's still there though, in the card slot.

All the same, it's still a far superior machine IMO.

[macktheknife]

. . . and I've told this one before, but while we're bashing the company, I'll add this one:

We all know how much Dell likes to copy Apple: the "Digital Hub" vs. the "Digital Lifestyle"; the fruit-colored iMacs vs. the tacky Inspirons or Optiplexes; wireless Airport vs. the "new" wireless connection Dell is trying to peddle. Pure copycat.

Well, when stories of the Inspiron laptops' propensity to catch on fire surfaced, many Macusers couldn't help but wonder: "Man, we all know how much Dell likes to copy Apple, but did it really have to go all the way by copying the old Powerbook 5300?!?!?"

If the joke's not funny, blame the friend who told me. :D

[King Cobra]

Originally posted by macktheknife
If the joke's not funny, blame the friend who told me. :D

I can't wait until he/she registers! :D

As for the Airport card, my dad got an Airport card and Base Station (the dual ethernet one) installed on his Firewire Powerbook G3. It is too bad it doesn't come with the iBook. I would have thought that if Apple was moving to Bluetooth technology, meaning wireless, then Apple would have incorporated wireless internet (well, almost completely wireless) for their computers.

Then again, I guess some iBook owners would rather not need the internet that often and would rather stick with plug and chug.

As for a previous topic about being the only one in the family using a Mac, I do have backup. My brother and his wife, and my dad use Macs. I think that they are so loyal they would not touch a peecee w/o not having washed their hands. :D
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[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by britboy



Erm, the tibook does need an airport card. It's just that with the top-end model it comes pre-installed. It's still there though, in the card slot.

All the same, it's still a far superior machine IMO.

Right. The point I was trying to get across is that ThinkPadsrule was insinuating that ThinkPads all are wireless capable right out of the box. As it stands, only the highest end one is, much like Apple.

I was trying to say that, yes, you can get one that is capable out of the box, but this is really no different than Apple-- you pay a premium, i.e. the high end tiBook, and you get wireless, just like IBMs. I was basically just rebuking his comments.

:)

[IndyGopher]

Not that it really matters.. but if it really IS all in the screen, and integrated, what happens when the Next Big Thing comes out... while you're replacing your $79 Airport card, what will he have to replace on his ThinkPad to upgrade it? My bet... He'll be replacing his ThinkPad.

[Royal Pineapple]

Originally posted by IndyGopher
Not that it really matters.. but if it really IS all in the screen, and integrated, what happens when the Next Big Thing comes out... while you're replacing your $79 Airport card, what will he have to replace on his ThinkPad to upgrade it? My bet... He'll be replacing his ThinkPad.
that is one of the advantages to using a card, easy replacement. but what about the thinkpad. perhaps you could replace the screen:D personally i have an iBook and am very fond of it, i will soon purchase an AirPort card for wireless networking. but i really want some bluetooth products.:D :D :D

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by IndyGopher
Not that it really matters.. but if it really IS all in the screen, and integrated, what happens when the Next Big Thing comes out... while you're replacing your $79 Airport card, what will he have to replace on his ThinkPad to upgrade it? My bet... He'll be replacing his ThinkPad.

Me? I am guessing it's just the antennas in the screen and the receiver and that there is a card in the machine, much like the iBooks--the antennas are in the screen bezel, right?

That said, i have been spending WAY TOO much time debunking ThinkPad myths. Aren't we supposed to be making fun of dell???? Heeheee.

Also, on the ThinkPad topic--they call their thing WiFi and they have some sort of verbiage on the page about "compatibility this and that"

Is it possible it's NOT 802.11b??? If so, Mr. ThinkPadsRule would be in for a MAJOR schok here in Pittsburgh where 802.11b campuses, coffeehouses and restaurants and bars are all starting to have ubiquitous 802.11b. :)

I just didn't notice any denotation regarding what protocol it uses...and I don't really care all that much...like I said... wasting too much time.
:o :p ;) :D

[cb911]

i was just thinking about how big and clunky all the Dell laptops are. there are a few good PC laptops that have some sort of metal case and are alot thinner than the Dells. at least there are a few companies trying to make good looking PC laptops.