What i don't get is the appeal of these things. Though i felt the same about an apple phone, mostly because i figured that would be limited by the industry, and it was to some extent. But i've always found the sub notebook thing to be silly. What would you use it for that wouldn't require occasional insertion of a disc? etc. It really seems to me to be another one of those middle products. while 'ultra portables' get more powerful the 'desktop replacement' gets less useful? I just don't get it.
"But i've always found the sub notebook thing to be silly. What would you use it for that wouldn't require occasional insertion of a disc?"
I can't remember the last time I inserted a disc that wasn't an attempt at a backup (and so can be done remotely, on a desktop or with a wireless burner) or an OS reinstallation (very rarely done on my mac). Everything else is internet or USB-flash based these days.
Besides, a really small and light laptop that could be plugged into a hub (to turn it into a low-mid desktop) would be incredibly useful to me. I just wish we could get additional features -- like having a real graphics card in the hub, for example (and just integrated in the laptop)...
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me duh @ Feb 16th 2007 3:26AM
What i don't get is the appeal of these things.
Though i felt the same about an apple phone, mostly because i figured that would be limited by the industry, and it was to some extent.
But i've always found the sub notebook thing to be silly. What would you use it for that wouldn't require occasional insertion of a disc? etc. It really seems to me to be another one of those middle products. while 'ultra portables' get more powerful the 'desktop replacement' gets less useful? I just don't get it.
Pete @ Feb 16th 2007 4:09AM
"But i've always found the sub notebook thing to be silly. What would you use it for that wouldn't require occasional insertion of a disc?"
I can't remember the last time I inserted a disc that wasn't an attempt at a backup (and so can be done remotely, on a desktop or with a wireless burner) or an OS reinstallation (very rarely done on my mac). Everything else is internet or USB-flash based these days.
Besides, a really small and light laptop that could be plugged into a hub (to turn it into a low-mid desktop) would be incredibly useful to me. I just wish we could get additional features -- like having a real graphics card in the hub, for example (and just integrated in the laptop)...