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It will only go to show you that the Mac Book air is a poorly designed piece of crap meant to make people using it feel important.

SMUG ALERT !]]>Feb 14th 2008 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Apple FTW]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
Which is why we're all waiting on the new Macbook Pro's....]]>Feb 14th 2008 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
These reviews tend to disagree.

Mosseberg: In my tests, the MacBook Air's screen and keyboard were a pleasure to use. It's impossible to convey in words just how pleasing and surprising this computer feels in the hand.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120113632301711881.html

Cnet: As we've come to expect from Apple, the design and engineering that went into the MacBook Air is extraordinary.
it feels very sturdy and solid, thanks in part to the aluminum construction, and we'd have no qualms about carting it around with us all day.
http://reviews.cnet.com/macbook-air/?tag=prod.txt.1

Engadget: Whereas most smaller laptops try to cut weight with inner metal frames and flimsy plastic bodies, the Air bulks up a bit with an all-metal enclosure that looks and feels like it was carved out of a single piece of aluminum.
the machine definitely gets extremely high marks for its the physical engineering.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/macbook-air-review/]]>Feb 14th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
Onto the keyboard... its nice that the Air has a full-sized keyboard given its size, but I've personally always despised those style of keys (like the macbook and many vaio laptops) where there are gaps between keys. It makes it impossible to type by feel.

I (along with many others) have legitimate concerns with the build of the Air, and no number of reviews will make that fact any less true.]]>Feb 14th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
You know what's equally annoying as Apple zealots that feel the need to tell the world "how their computers are better and pc users suck...etc"?


Windows zealots with equally pointless attitude doing equally pointless things "just to piss people off".
and before you call me "apple fanboy", I am happy with both my pcs and macs. ]]>Feb 14th 2008 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
The MBA's processor is a C2D which at 1.6GHz is about 2x as fast as the 1.2GHz C2D ULV in the X300.

The X300 has a VGA out only, while the MBA has a much more practical mini DVI port with VGA converter for those presentation situations.

I love them both but at this size and weight, there are compromises made, you can choose those that fit your usage best.]]>Feb 14th 2008 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
The MBP requires converters in both situations, X300 in only one of the two.]]>Feb 15th 2008 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 15th 2008 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
But since many are used to their 15.4+ notebooks, I guess 13.3" is ultraportable to them.]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
Take it easy Kamall.]]>Feb 15th 2008 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/IBM needs to ditch the 1980s tank designs and get something sleek and shiny. It's almost the 2010!]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/I never said it was a bad laptop.
I just think IBM should stop grasping the the old PS/2 look of the 80s.]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
These show that Lenovo doesn't realize how cool their own design is or they would ship 'em like they were meant, in all matte black with maybe just the joystick in the middle red. No blue keys (WTF IBM?!), and no cheesy logo stickers. Black desktop background and none of the think-crapware. ]]>Feb 15th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 15th 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
On a side note people keep saying this has a optical drive. I have yet to see it in the specs. Can anyone point it out?]]>Feb 15th 2008 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 15th 2008 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 15th 2008 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
The only thing I don't like about it is that it didn't have a webcamera built in, but back then webcams weren't the norm.

My battery lasts damn near 8 hours and the casing is as solid as a brick.

For a true business laptop, I don't think I could choose anything other than a Lenovo X..
I'm thinking however about using my "Bush Tax Rebate" to buy a Hewlett Packard TX Tablet since it has the webcam and is lighter but, the battery is a measly 3 hours.]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 15th 2008 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
Isn't that a bit..... redundant?]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
Im saddened that this is no longer popular in laptops.]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
This x300 looks really sexy, but simply priced too dearly. It would be more approachable if price similar or comparable to MBA

]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
When I switch to Dells (client machines), I use only the pad because I hate the way their Trackpoint equivalent feels.

Similarly I love Apple's pad implementation better than any one else's. After using my MacBook Pro, I find myself two finger scrolling on other computers. ]]>Feb 15th 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/
How the hell can you play games on it? Oh should I say what kinda game do you usually play?

CoD4 or WoW?

My index finger feels num and trackpoint lost control after two rounds of starcraft(2 years ago). I gave in and got myself a wireless kb+mouse for games since, I didn't want to flex the precious keyboard.]]>Feb 14th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/lenovos-x300-gets-photographed-in-the-wild/Feb 14th 2008 10:36PM