LG showcases 12.1-inch S-210 laptop in Korea
By Darren Murph 
posted Oct 18th 2008 11:41AM
posted Oct 18th 2008 11:41AM
posted Oct 18th 2008 11:41AM
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why bother to report this one at all?
Because potentially it could be a very interesting prospect with the inclusion of Nvidia graphics?
The Macbooks look heavenly compared to this. Heck I'd even say the old Macbooks were better than this.
I think I'm infected with the iDisease. It's when you look down on products that aren't sold by Apple.
I'm not a fanboy, but beauty captures me. I see beauty everywhere, & I don't think this thing looks beautiful.
I say go buy a Macbook, I know I will when I have enough money.
Chao
@ Nineteen88
Moving into the real world, most of us want some performance and features for our money. Apple got half way there with the integrated Nvidia graphics but then dragged themselves down with the ultra glossy screen and removing firewire. I'm not saying they don't look good, because they do. But the fact is that even though the Macbooks may look great, and OSX may work very well (most of the time) it really isn't worth all the extra cash you have to put up for sub par hardware in all other areas.
Unlike the other "metoos" in the ultra-portable world, this one sports a full Core 2 Duo chip, not one of those low voltage or low voltage variants. This thing has the power of a macbook pro in a 12.1" package.
Yeah, it's not a new concept in anyways (see the dell m1210 I'm typing on right now), but it doesn't seem like a metoo product due to the lack of full-powered 12" laptops
Is this a metoo? Metoo want one of these!
The OP missed the part where the laptop only weighs around 1 kg with all that stuff in it. Not sure how thick it is, given the size of the USB and VGA ports in relation to the side of the machine, but it doesn't look like it could be much thinner than a 13" Macbook. How is it so light? no hard drive or battery?
Yeah, this one looks like it could probably eat all the other 12 inchers for breakfast... Unfortunately, I'm willing to bet the cost of the laptop that it's not going compete with the prices of most other 12 inchers.
I want one right MEAOW
A "metoo" product?!?!
So... an extremely light notebook with dedicated graphics and excellent processor is a metoo?
Wonder if Engadget's opinion would be any different if it had an apple logo behind it.
Um...metoo? I dunno that computer looks damnnnn sexy to me. Carbon fiber and brushed aluminum are both some of my favorites, not to mention the styling is well done and the specs in that small package are pretty impressive =P
well LG already sell similar models, and they are very expensive, so you can all stop peeing in your drawers. if this retails for less than 3000 us dollars i will buy one for every engadget commenter
sweet; count me in :P
Well, figuring that this just debuted at 2million KRW, I think you're owing us some laptops...
And about 1/2 of your other "me-toos" run on ULV CPUs whilst this one has a full-power Core 2 Duo? Gawd look at your friggin specs already, this is a much more powerful machine than the ones you listed.
Wow!! Amazing config!! Apple charges a lot of *Apple Tax* for the similar config...
Macbook all the way
nice machine; but I wouldn't mind it being a little bit thicker and heavier if it included an (built-in) optical drive.
I don't really get why Engadget is talking down on this. It's got HDMI and everything.
no hot korean models? bummer...
Nice, this sound like something that I might actually buy. But why is it so damn ugly? :(
no optical drive?... seems to be a netbook imo :P
12.1 inch at that... the 13.3 macbook looks like the next gen ultra portable notebook to me!
Except this is about as powerful as a MBP, nowhere near the shitty performance from a $500 netbook. Of course, the price will probably come near that of a MBP but this one is actually worth it.
I'm a Mac guy, but this looks really nice for a LG. It has a real keyboard (light?), not the wretched junk we see on Apple and Sony now, expansion port... and small, small, small.