http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/ Engadget Comments for 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/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
[a proud ThinkPad owner]]]>Apr 30th 2008 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
The short of it is that you could hypothetically put all the crap into that envelope because you "need" it, when you really don't. I've worked with both computers and the difference is huge, the X300 is ugly, runs Windows and feels like more of the same - not to mention that it's relatively fat compared to the Air. The MacBook Air is gorgeous and runs OS X. Clearly "business" people will go for the Lenovo while those with taste will go for the Air. I don't think you can argue that the Air isn't beautiful and provides everything most technologically savvy people know they actually need. ]]>Apr 30th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
Or in this instance, do both.]]>Apr 30th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
As far as needing the components... you're right on the optical drive, I suppose. I haven't used the DVD drive with my Thinkpad T43 for a while (I keep an extra battery in its slot), but if I need it, it weighs all of 3 ounces and fits nicely into my bag, instead of a big 'ol USB one.]]>Apr 30th 2008 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
for those of us that are ACTUALLY tech saavy, the MBA doesn;t run 3ds max, games, and I can't fuckign program micorchips on a mac.

by tech saavy I assume you mean clicking buttons in photoshop and using safari.

I'd take the x300. I find silver fuckign ugly.]]>Apr 30th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
Who would buy a MBA for games 3D etc etc? its really not its target audience... in fact who would buy a mac for games full stop.

All the Road Warriors that I know (to whom this laptop is very appealing) have no need for games, 3DS max, or "programming the microchip". They need balance sheets, graphs, powerpoint and email in a light as possible case. It'll do nicely.
No need to alliterate your post with disguised expletives... its not cool and its not clever!

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Minus rated for having bad taste. Also, it's spelled "fucking."]]>Apr 30th 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
Sometimes one needs to take time to laugh at oneself. ]]>Apr 30th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
Well, fanboy, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so yes we CAN argue that the Air isn't beautiful.]]>Apr 30th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
...Wait, what? Are you REALLY basing your whole post on the "fact" that "Apple users don't need peripherals, because they make their MBA set-up too ugly and fat"?

Seriously.

Get your fanboy-hat off, and look further ahead than all the Apple commercials specifically engineered to make you think you don't need anything else than what their products can offer you.

Alternatively, just stop posting here. Or, be a monk! I heard they live exceptionally simple lives, free of add-ons and life necessities. Perhaps something to consider, Mr. IDontNeedAnythingElseThanAHatAndAPairOfShoes? ;)]]>Apr 30th 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
You can say the mac looks good, you can even say it looks better than the x300, but to insinuate that the mac has anything to do with being tasteful is absolutely rediculous. Its bling at its worst.
I literally cant believe you said that. Probably the most off-base post I have seen this year.]]>May 1st 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
I am a fan of both Thinkpads and the laptops from Apple, and my next laptop is a macbook pro. just so that is clear.]]>Apr 30th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
I worked in IT for many years and Macs always had much lower TCO. The MBA is a niche market project for wireless road warriors. What is funny is Lenovo thinking you need all that crap hooked up onto your computer to work. This is the kind of thinking that keeps serial ports, ps2 ports and other crap wasting space on the system. One thing I agree that Apple could have done better was have a slot for either a battery to DVD drive to reside in, but not sure how they would have made it fit. Things are very tight in there. ]]>May 1st 2008 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
Apple just got bitchslapped]]>Apr 30th 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
You don't need your penis 95% of the time either but you would want that to be a USB accessory that you would only plug in when you needed to have sex. The idea is to be prepared.. lurk moar. plz. or become an hero. ]]>Apr 30th 2008 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
I like OS X, I even have begun to respect Apple more because of a recent incident with my iPod and me getting a new free one outside of warranty...

but I absolutely HATE fanboys who only regurgitate Apple propaganda...and these people are the reason why I was hesitant to even ever own a Mac. Yea it's nice that Mac's are pretty, but I don't care, I don't buy a computer as a fashion accessory, I buy them to use, not to show off or belittle other people because they aren't part of the Mac club.]]>Apr 30th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
According to the fanboys it would be great for her. Unfortunately, they've bought into the hype so much they've forgotten what it's like to be a regular user.]]>Apr 30th 2008 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/May 1st 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
To compare the Lenovo to an MBA is like comparing "the wheel" to chrome 22' rims.]]>Apr 30th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/... on my heavy strip-mining excavator, I guess?]]>May 1st 2008 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
The MBA is big as well.

Check out a Dell Latitude X1. That was small.]]>Apr 30th 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/May 1st 2008 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Hang on a second, you're telling me you don't carry around a USB key, or you're telling me that you can quickly plug in that SD card from your digi cam to your laptop, or into that hotel's internet without peripherals... BS!
I have a nice big 16GB SD card that won't fit in my Dad's MBA without an extension cable (yeah, it's a credit card style) but... it fits perfectly in my HP laptop with no accessories.. Heck, I can even take that SD card out of my camera and plug it directly into the laptop, no accessories needed, AND my 15.4" HP laptop gives me about 5 1/2 hours of battery life, AND plays Crysis at a decent frame rate.

Yes, I do Photographic editing on my WINDOWS laptop.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
The MBA has a target audience, it's small, but it exists. Does that make the MBA a be all-end all laptop. NO!
Does it make it a decent laptop that some people will buy, yeah, of course. If you only want to do word processing/email, and have to carry it around, yeah, I'll admit it's a great laptop. Lawyers, Real Estate agents, or insurance agents that do house calls, etc... all great candidates for purchasing an MBA. Most other people... Not so much, it just won't do/handle what most family computers (I-Mac/generic windows desktop) will do, that's handle abuse from being on for 10+ hours a day, and having kids pounding on it, or being used in an environment where it's supplies just don't meet what is required from it.

And to the guy who asked about the last time we used a DVD/Rom drive, I can honestly say, today, when I was playing Crysis, I need to have that DVD in the drive to play. Or yesterday, when I installed a new piece of software, and last week, when a friend of myne wanted a bunch of pictures I had taken, I burned them to a dvd, and gave it to him.

]]>May 1st 2008 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
The X300 is everything the Macbook Air should have been (well... bar looks but i thas inner beauty :D) ]]>Apr 30th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Though I would miss good looks and OS X (without hassle).
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't buy an Air either.]]>Apr 30th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
On the other hand, we shouldn't compare this to the macbook ingraciously. Sure it's got a built-in DVD drive, but it's a fallacy to believe you'll never hook up an external device to it. Additionally, that mess of wires and cables in the video is just a bunch of nonsense. It's like three hubs to connect a single external drive.

Finally, we should give the nod to the macbook because it is a pioneering design and a totally different concept. On an airplane I would much much rather have a macbook air than this device, seeing as I would most certainly have no need for a DVD drive, (yes, even for watching movies).

Not to mention, it is absolutely 100% guaranteed that the research and development that led to the macbook processor most certainly went into the design of this machine's processor as well, so without the macbook this machine would be just another X series.

Now let's just wait and see which palmrest will start to peel first.]]>Apr 30th 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/
But I happen to like windows, OSX is ok i guess, just need more time with it]]>Apr 30th 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/lenovo-has-some-funny-ha-ha-times-at-macbook-airs-expense/Apr 30th 2008 8:46AM