http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/ Engadget Comments for Olidata Conte ultraportable finally shows itself, looks mighty good 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/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/Some people may also like a thin laptop as they find it hard to cram all of their books in it at once (like me). My XPS M1330 is excellent in the way i don't have to stuff it in my bag, it fits in. Not to mention that it is light and powerful (2.6Ghz) and 4Gb of RAM.

Now, go back to North Korea to your ignorance of the world ;)]]>May 31st 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
Seriously dude. The P4 would crap all over the atom in terms of performance.]]>May 31st 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/It's not a MHZ "myth." Speed in GHZ is no longer a good measure of performance because we have hit a frequency barrier so we have to find other ways of increasing performance without changing clock frequency. Up until 5 or so years ago, we were just increasing clock frequency so it was a reasonable scale to use, but now we are adding multiple cores, higher FSB, and more Cache. The only effective scale is benchmarks, but even then you have to look at multiple benchmarks to really see the performance difference. A better scale would be in FLOPS or something similar. ]]>May 31st 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
I will say, with SSD and the offloading of the CPU a low end GPU is capable of, the CPU speed is becoming less important. That said, this doesn't have a GPU capable of much more than basic windowing (and even does that poorly, at times), and a dual core CPU is very important to the perceived speed of a desktop these days. The SL9400 is a nice choice, but it would be nice to see the lesser models come with slower dual core processors, instead of single core. Also, I think a 9400M would be a nice addition, though that kind of depends on battery life.

Oh, and a 1.6Ghz Atom's IPC is nowhere close to a P4 3Ghz, and probably even the 1.6Ghz P4, which were painfully slow even for the time. True, the P4 wasn't designed to do a lot per clock, and I cite this all the time, but the Atom is just plain anemic. Not that it matters, since this doesn't use Atom.]]>Jun 1st 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/You're absolutely right that clock frequency is no longer a good indicator of performance. However, for someone to imply that a 1.3Ghz single core cpu with 2MB cache, 800Mhz FSB can somehow outperform a 2.0Ghz dual core cpu with the same 2MB cache and 800Mhz FSB, well that's just silly. The SU2700 is just a die shrink plus ULV to reduce heat and power consumption. In other words, it's a low-end chip designed for portability, not performance. Of course, they have higher end options as well but then say goodbye to that entry level $1200 price tag (which is already not worth it).


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First of all, it's 3.5lbs not 3.3. Second of all, you're right that CPU speed is becoming less important, especially as cpu clock frequency and parallelization is hitting a ceiling. However, gpu acceleration is not making a dent in computing right now. Not only are there very few gpu-accelerated programs out so far, but this thing doesn't even have a decent gpu to speak of. An integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD? Please, talk about crappy specs. As far as SSD, SSDs have shown very little real-world speed benefit unless you've got a very high-end model which this one likely is not. In fact, the $1200 model doesn't have an SSD at all, it's a standard HDD.

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Listen, these are not good specs. The lowest end configuration of a Dell XPS m1330 mops the floor with this thing on every single spec except size and weight (which it trails by 0.47lbs in weight and an average of 0.7mm in thickness). PLUS you save $400. So are you guys saying that being asked to pay an extra $400 and take a drop on EVERY SINGLE SPEC is worth it for 0.5lb of weight?]]>Jun 1st 2009 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
I am seeing it as, reused/recycled California design. This thing looks like the design themes of the Macbook (black screen bezel) and Macbook Air (everything else) with the elegant hinge design of my Compaq subnote from 1994.

Not saying it seems like bad hardware... indeed it looks like decent hardware with clever marketing. But why does everyone feel the need to superficially imitate the leader on design? ]]>May 31st 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
http://www.macitynet.it/artimgs/aA38192/img6.jpg

In the main photograph from the engadget article, note how the bottom of the screen actually comes up from the base, like detached earlobes, for lack of a better descriptor. That's hardly a recycle of the Air's two hinges, which then deposit the bottom of the screen/bezel slightly behind/under the base. With respect to the Olidata unit, I think the space created by the gaps between the base and the bezel add a certain airy lightness to the overall presentation of the unit.

As for the keys, I think that this:

http://www.macitynet.it/artimgs/aA38192/img7.jpg

shows a little bit more style than the MBA keyboard, but that's of course entirely subjective and YMMV.

I'm not saying this doesn't appear derivative of the MBA, but on some level, it has to be -- there is simply only so many different forms/styles/shapes that an ultra-thin laptop can take.

When it comes to the design on this thing, however, I'm not in agreement that it's merely a Cupertino recycle. I'll offer the following (translated) quote from http://www.macitynet.it/macity/aA38192/olidata_altro_lultra_sottile_made_in_italy.shtml:

"Per una multinazionale come Apple dalla fase di ideazione e progettazione alla realizzazione finale occorrono circa 6/9 mesi. Il progetto che ha portato alla creazione di Altro è cominciato con una riunione con Intel nel dicembre del 2007, mentre il primo mockup non funzionante è stato realizzato tra febbraio e marzo del 2007, quindi molto prima della presentazione di MacBook Air. Il ciclo di sviluppo per una società come la nostra è nell'ordine dei 18 mesi". "For a multinational company like Apple from conceptual design and design to final implementation takes about 6 / 9 months. The project has resulted in more began with a meeting with Intel in December 2007, while the first mockup is not working been carried out between February and March of 2007, which was well before the submission of the MacBook Air. The cycle of development for a company like ours is of the order of 18 months. "

I think that quite clearly indicates that the design mockup of this thing was thus complete before the introduction of the MBA, making it literally impossible to consider this a "recycle" of Apple's product. I'd conclude that the quote merely affirms my own above point -- namely that there is only so many directions a design like this can go in.

I've lived in Italy. This thing has a certain 'Italian-ness' to it that I can't put my finger on, and while it shares (many) similarities with the MBA, I'd say it has its own feel to it, quite a bit.]]>May 31st 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/that ugly bezel was from an earlier asus 701 and refined by apple... not an apple original.]]>Jun 1st 2009 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
We are all going to just put a little "/s" tag after your BS, just so we can all just go on with our lives. M'kay?]]>May 31st 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
On your lap. Then you'd be dancing.]]>May 31st 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
These advertisements are AWESOME. On spot, show the product, in touch with people and interestingly daring. I bet your idea of a good ad is having some laptop with a stupid simplistic wanabe boring background and a pretentious lame line under it such as: "Double the crap, half of the lameness."]]>May 31st 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
And thank you fsphl, well said.]]>May 31st 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
Trust me, I get it. It's still strange.]]>May 31st 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
Unlike every other Apple ad for the past 5 years at least.]]>May 31st 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
Wow Saad, just like you OFFERING YOUR SISTER for a video of the new Zoon HD in a fit of joyous rapture, not admitting (to yourself or others) the fact that Apple *DID* put out something like that, oh, TWO YEARS AGO???

The looney hypocrisy of the Winbot horde would be funny if it weren't so sad.

Astroturf Different.]]>May 31st 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
Shouldn't this be "a HDMI output"?]]>May 31st 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
Sure, in school your taught that you use "an" if the following word begins with a vowel, but it depends on pronunciation. Eg "a user"

Although, sometimes some abbreviations can be pronounced phonetically, such as SCSI or WIFI, and this even differs from country to country. So if you pronounce HDMI as "hudmee", then "a HDMI" would be correct.

As for the laptop, I can see it selling as it's filling its own niche, somewhere between the mild-specced CULV laptops coming out and the relatively powerful Adamo style laptops. (No, this has nothing to do with Apple, so don't bring it up, people)]]>Jul 21st 2009 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/
You're right, but it's ironic because in school "you're" also taught that "you are" is contracted as "you're", not "your".]]>Jun 1st 2009 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/31/olidata-conte-ultraportable-finally-shows-itself-looks-mighty-g/May 31st 2009 4:00PM