The big deal is this is the first netbook with the "Trackpoint" nub / nipple instead of mousepad. The only other big thing here is the obvious price that nobody is going to want to spend on this. The "vaio" brand name automatically shoots the price up $250 more than it should be.
I'm not saying you or anyone should care about this notebook. I mostly couldn't care less.
One thing I like about the design from what I can tell so far is that it finally address a few chronic complaints about sub-notebooks and netbooks and blah blah books: 1 - "Why is there so much bezel around the screen? That sucks." 2 - "Why is the keyboard so small? That sucks." 3 - "Why can't I watch the highest possible quality video on my $300 netbook with its crap screen and BS GPU?"
Careful observers will note that complaint 1 and complaint 2 ARE REALLY THE SAME STUPID ISSUE. If the keyboard is close to full size, there's too much room around the screen, leading to the comment, "What's up with the screen? You don't need that much space for crap speakers." While if the bezel around the screen is minimal, the keyboard is tiny. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT: THE TWO PIECES ARE BUILT TO FIT AND STANDARD SCREEN DIMENSIONS AND STANDARD KEYBOARD DIMENSIONS DON'T MATCH.
You all know by now how the geniuses who work at TSA in airports think small computers are DVD players? Sure, this doesn't have an optical drive in it, but its the design equivalent. And for less than $1000, I'm frankly shocked. If people won't pay for multiplicably increased visual feedback in a "netbook," they won't pay for anything. Which, maybe they won't, I couldn't care less.
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I dont get it. Whats the big deal?
The big deal is this is the first netbook with the "Trackpoint" nub / nipple instead of mousepad.
The only other big thing here is the obvious price that nobody is going to want to spend on this. The "vaio" brand name automatically shoots the price up $250 more than it should be.
Not the first. Sony already had 'netbooks' with trackpoints many years ago.
This is a big deal because the specs is exciting.
I'm not saying you or anyone should care about this notebook. I mostly couldn't care less.
One thing I like about the design from what I can tell so far is that it finally address a few chronic complaints about sub-notebooks and netbooks and blah blah books:
1 - "Why is there so much bezel around the screen? That sucks."
2 - "Why is the keyboard so small? That sucks."
3 - "Why can't I watch the highest possible quality video on my $300 netbook with its crap screen and BS GPU?"
Careful observers will note that complaint 1 and complaint 2 ARE REALLY THE SAME STUPID ISSUE. If the keyboard is close to full size, there's too much room around the screen, leading to the comment, "What's up with the screen? You don't need that much space for crap speakers." While if the bezel around the screen is minimal, the keyboard is tiny. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT: THE TWO PIECES ARE BUILT TO FIT AND STANDARD SCREEN DIMENSIONS AND STANDARD KEYBOARD DIMENSIONS DON'T MATCH.
You all know by now how the geniuses who work at TSA in airports think small computers are DVD players? Sure, this doesn't have an optical drive in it, but its the design equivalent. And for less than $1000, I'm frankly shocked. If people won't pay for multiplicably increased visual feedback in a "netbook," they won't pay for anything. Which, maybe they won't, I couldn't care less.
I dont think they were called "netbooks"..actually this isn't a netbook either now that I realize.. so yea.. this is another non-news junk article
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