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World's Thinnest Notebook from Intel
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If it comes out at the beginning of next year, and they claim "Price was not a concern", I'm guessing options of 64GB and 128GB
I still love this concept laptop, from LG, partly because it makes the screen bigger, without making the case bigger, due to a small/non-existent bezel
Nice that LG one is awsome too! is 128 the maximum capacity of todays Flash HD's?
I'm a Nano owner, but not a MPB owner, yet, I use others from time to time with good results. Your experience, in more detail, is influential, concerning MBPs. Other than the occasional need to reset my Nano, I'm really happy with it.
I'm honest with my Apple experiences, I don't know my Nano needs the 10 second middle button + menu treatment twice a month. I use it a lot for podcasts though.
It depends on how much you're willing to pay at the end of this year, when this laptop is due to come out
Certainly. But where is that point? Its not possible to quantify it exactly (and it would differ between people) until you've held both the larger & the smaller
The experience we can gain from looking at what other people have done show that 0.7" or so is actually quite common (a few machines exist at this size) & they have no problems with durability.
Perhaps- perhaps not. What can you add? The point is, you don't know. They might well not be able to add anything of importance (which, seeing what other manufacturers have squeezed in to a ~0.7" machine, is what I suspect is actually the case).
I think what bugs me is the hysteria over (often) inconsequential details. I do think that the iPhone has sapped Apples focus. But I really don't think there is anything to worry about, until the new MBPs are released. I have my criticisms concerning Apples growth, while remaining so Steve-centric. But most of it depends on the quality of what is released next to be proven true. I'm waiting in an eager as anticipation as much as anyone.
Now this is freakin' cool! I thought the idea of an included strap was a bit weird, but after viewing the image I must say it looks very stylish. I really hope Apple releases a sub-notebook before Christmas... chances are they will, which is cool.
Keep in mind that Intel designed/built/tested Sony's first desktop PC - the Sony Vaio.
The exact case design will probably change, but the expensive part - the mainboard - will probably only be slightly tweaked, and sold to Apple for their ultraportable of the same form/feature factor. The current laptop, as-is, will probably be sold as an Acer, Sony or similar to recoup their costs.
The exact case design will probably change, but the expensive part - the mainboard - will probably only be slightly tweaked, and sold to Apple for their ultraportable of the same form/feature factor. The current laptop, as-is, will probably be sold as an Acer, Sony or similar to recoup their costs.
Why? It is certainly possible, but next year seems to be the year where Flash HDs will be cheap enough, and LED displays (for battery life mainly) will be cheaper.
Certainly. But where is that point? Its not possible to quantify it exactly (and it would differ between people) until you've held both the larger & the smaller
The experience we can gain from looking at what other people have done show that 0.7" or so is actually quite common (a few machines exist at this size) & they have no problems with durability.
Perhaps- perhaps not. What can you add? The point is, you don't know. They might well not be able to add anything of importance (which, seeing what other manufacturers have squeezed in to a ~0.7" machine, is what I suspect is actually the case).
A. To me, that point is at 1" thick and under 5lbs. I, personally, think that feature/performance improvements trump size/weight improvements, at this point in time.
B. I'm not going to be all that envious of people with a .3" improvement in laptop size when it cannot match what my laptop can do.
C. If I were making the decision, I would add what matters. Battery life, durability, features, HD capacity, Graphics capability, processing capability, increases in every other capacity that may have otherwise been spent in making the machine smaller.
oh, jeez. stop complaining about the ugly trim. it's not that hard to change the colors, and it's not as if apple (were they to make a similar model) would toss out their entire industrial design theme to make a champagne-colored laptop.
show a little imagination. for example:
show a little imagination. for example:
The battery life is great, and the HD capacity will be limited because it is Flash, but that does have many advantages.
And features, isn't that kinda vague...
As a student, I carry my laptop into, and around school, so every gram counts...
The worlds thinnest notebook needs the world's thinnest laptop bag which means the worlds thinnest notebook needs the slickest must-have accessories to go with it. If not, stick with a more powerful 5lb laptop.
Cool
. For me, its less. Currently at 2.4 pounds, could go lighter.Its slightly more individual then that. For me, my laptop is used purely for work- wireless internet (email, looking up information), SSH to other machines, telnet into routers etc etc. I can't think of any "features" I want it to have that would increase its size. The extra size would be for features I don't want or use.
1) Batterylife is a big, huge key. But 14 hours sounds pretty good to me. Anything over 5-6 hours is fine by me.
2) Durability also very important, but THIS IS NOT RELEVANT. We KNOW they can make it durable at this size, yet you keep bring it up like it would have to be weak or fragile. It wouldn't not have to be, because other machines of the same weight class are not.
3) What features? Can you be more specific?
4) HDD Capacity. Don't care
anything over ~20GB is fine, because its a work machine and I don't work with sound or video.5) Graphics? Likewise, don't care. It needs to be able to connect to a projector, so it needs VGA out & sVideo/Composite might be nice. Thats it,
6) Don't need much CPU grunt- the most basic dual core chip would be nice, because multitasking is nicer with two cores but 1.5 vs 2.3ghz? Don't care.
7) What other capacity?
You're still not realising that the biggest problem with this machine is that you don't suit it. That's fine... theirs lots of other models for you! Super thin, super light is a DIFFERENT product category & the people interested in it have different priorities- and this laptop looks damn awesome for that. Light, thin, lots of batterylife. Sounds perfect.
How about...using it while holding it in one hand & typing on it with the other while walking around a datacenter plugging directly into various routers or other devices in order to configure aspects of it? I've done that. And I loved the fact that my laptop only weight 2.4 pounds not 5 while I was doing it, because holding it one handed while using it gets tiring.
People use computers differently to you. Seriously.
Not put out at all....if I'm running to school to be just on time for the bell, I would love the Macbook in my backpack to be half the weight...