Haier steps out of character, builds ultra-desirable Jian i7 ultra-thin laptop
By Paul Miller 
posted September 19th 2009 3:03PM
posted September 19th 2009 3:03PM
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@lineardrag
Don't be ridiculous. You know what I meant to say. Maybe.
you can't build a vaio z for cheap, regardless of what jian/wingwong/acer/shitsu etc claim
True, it's hard to be as bad as a Vaio and charge as much as Sony does. Only Apple tries to.
You can't build a crappy, unreliable product and sell it for more than it's worth unless you are Sony, the giant fanboy fume engine.
@bigcow
You are just an idiot, refrain from commenting anymore. It would seem you are just used to the bull crap over pricing from companies like Apple or even Intel and believe the cheaper options offer products just as good.
Nobody builds them as sturdy as Sony does.
this is kinda off topic... but look at the picture... I just can't holding a laptop using 4 fingers like the hand in the picture...
Weaksauce. I was about to reply with "What you don't see is the carbon nanotube string attached to the ceiling that is actually lifting the laptop".
But then I actually tried holding my laptop like in the picture, my laptop is 15" and normalweight by today's standard, I myself am very very weak (full-time nerd), and I could hold it. Barely, but I could.
So, considering the laptop in the picture is smaller, lighter and thinner, I don't think it's unrealistic to hold it that way.
I can lift my puny 10.1" netbook with two fingers.
i am not talking about the weight. I am talking about physiologically, my ring and little fingers have to open together ... i think most ppl are like that?
Uh, no.. Closing the small finger only limits the degree to which you can open the ring finger, but you can still open it to a reasonable degree, with which the picture here is consistent (the fingers there at an angle with the hand itself)
preorder for Y6499 (US$951)
http://www.360buy.com/product/177919.html
the i7 in the model name made me dream abt core i7 mobile...Dammit!!
Why the fuck would they stick VGA onto such a nice peace of tech?
Most meetings, if not all, I went to, their projectors only hav the VGA cable connected if not their proejctors only take VGA in.
If you laptop only has DVI or HDMI out, you would be probably screwed.
Maybe thats part of the scam, so you will think its a real i7
This is awesome. Oh and jian in Chinese means knife.
That screen edge looks pretty sharp.
The sound Jian can take on many meanings in Mandarin. In Chinese OTOH, that can stand for a plethora of words. In Hokkien (or Fujian) for example, "jian" can mean mischievous. There is however no "jian"-sounding word in Cantonese. Yeah, go figure.
Jian in Mandarin, in its highest pitch, the 4th intonation, can usually mean:
建 - construct
見 - see
劍 - sword
箭 - arrow
賤 - shoddy, whorish
i think its the sword meaning due to the effing thin screen. Oh by the way, jian in cantonese is "gim".
THE NAME IS A LIE
Haier marketing discussion over its product name:
A: people can see it's ultra portable, what can we name it to make it sound powerful?
B: we can choose from i1, i2, i3, i4, i5, i6, i7, i8, i9, i0..etc
A: is "i7" a registered trade mark?
B: no, "i7" alone is not a registered trade mark.
CMO: OK. we will use "i7" so people will associate it with Intel's Core i7 and stir up a bit of confusion for our marketing purposes. Good job!
Nice laptop, but this doesn't differentiate itself from the top of the Acer Timeline 3810T
kr_metal @ Sep 19th 2009 7:22PM
This is awesome. Oh and jian in Chinese means knife.
knife/blade in Chinese is dao (刀)
jiandao (剪刀) means scissors
jian on its own (剪) means "cut (using scissors)"
There are also 158 other "jian", which is why every time I promise myself to sit down and concentrate on learning some Chinese, depression quickly sets in.
The character for this Haier laptop is jian (简), which means simple. From the definition in Wenlin, I guess Haier chose the name because the character is derived from zhujian (竹简), the thin bamboo strips once used for writing.
sorry i meant sword. oops.
I do believe I have an erection.
I'm I the only one who noticed immediately that they used a Mac OS X desktop photo in the promo shots!?!?!?
ultra thin。。and ultra misleading the i7 and the 6,000 Yuan (about $879 US) really scared me -.-
The actual Chinese name is 简 i7 (Jian i7)
So, 'Jian' here actually means Simple
Their advertising slogan is 简约爱,全能薄 which probably tranlates to Simple like Love, Thin but Powerful
Haier... Are these the guys who made my mini-fridge?!
"Can an XXX be inserted into a XXX?"
You've got protection, right?
6000? our local news says it's 9999 yuan
I thought Haier just made cut-rate washing machines with incomprehensible manuals...