http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/ Engadget Comments for Intel's Metro laptop concept in the real world http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/
I wish I had the money to get me one of those (even if it's running Vista).

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Do you guys sell pants?]]>May 26th 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 27th 2007 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/
http://aeroxp.org/uploads/newsimg/metro/Metro%20top.jpg]]>May 26th 2007 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.awesome.com/ But so far it's only about two inches across. They hope to get it up to 11 inches soon. Then we could have monitors/T-shirts....]]>May 26th 2007 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/--

This guy got highest ranked. what a joke. how the hell is Intel gonna get economies of scale selling 300,000 laptops per year. Bad idea. They love Apple.. they worked with Apple on the MBP and whatever comes out in June. They shouldn't make computers.]]>May 26th 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/partners/intel.mspx]]>May 26th 2007 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/As for scale. Whatever. Intel could design the system. They already design the mobos, the CPU, the wireless. Shit at this point all you need is a hard drive, memory, optical drive, video (Which would be Intel anyways on the ultra thin line anyways.), LCD, etc. Half the work is already done.
300,000 units? Whatever. Try a million minimum. Intel would be like Apple. They are putting everything together so it just works. In the case of Intel since they also write their own drivers I expect it would be even better. God knows I would buy an Intel laptop in a heartbeat. The only catch is driving away customers and customers who will, no doubt, be screaming bloody murder about Intel playing dirty games with their contracts because they want to sell more of their own laptops.]]>May 27th 2007 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/
OMG INTEL+M$ BFF!!!!1!]]>May 26th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/
I was happy just to see a hands on demo two days after it was announced... pretty nice of them to make it available.

]]>May 26th 2007 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/Sorry to say this but that is a QWERTY layout not an APPLE layout. I don't know why everything has to be compared with an iPHONE, iBOOK, MBP and all. It's a nice concept so appreciate it.

That's just my iVIEW!!!]]>May 26th 2007 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 26th 2007 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 27th 2007 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/May 27th 2007 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/
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Yeah, except for the OS. Which.. is the point of the whole company. Minor detail.]]>May 28th 2007 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/26/intels-metro-laptop-concept-in-the-real-world/If you want a thin laptop expect it to die early and often. And when it comes back from being fixed, it will die early and often.

I used to be a field service engineer for DEC/CPQ/HP's contract clients, and I hated working on the thin laptops. The mainboards were so thin they were see-through, and they would sustain damage just by installing them if you were not extremely careful. Given that often I was doing laptop repairs in front of the person who used it, I always took the time required to do it perfectly. There's nothing worse than going out 5 weeks later and doing another repair in front of a person who's cranky with the last repair. On average, I'd take 45 mins to an hour. The guys in the service centre used to bang out the same job in 15-20 minutes, and in 2 months the laptop would be back.

So, go for thin all you want. Just be aware there are trade-offs in reliability, and make sure you upgrade your warranty. I'll say it again - UPGRADE YOUR WARRANTY.]]>May 29th 2007 10:36PM