http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/ Engadget Comments for Airis Praxis Slim Air is one-inch thick, KIRFtastic 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/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
Whatever Engadget. If you want people to buy a MacBook Air, then tell Apple during your next PR strategy session to make it cheaper.]]>Sep 28th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
Its got too many pratical features.]]>Sep 28th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
HEY GUYS IT HAS A KEYBOARD ITS A CLONE.. APPLE INVENTED THE KEYBOARD!!

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Engadget, you can't all pout-faced and say this is a KIRF for having that word in there. Because then CiscoSystems comes in and teaches you a few things about "stealing names".

Besides, this fas more features than an MacBook Air, at 1/3 the cost! And even the Air had less battery time than this. About 2 hrs 25 min. After knowing that, it's more than easy to LOL at "The big downfall comes with a rated battery runtime of just three hours, but if you're unfazed by the tethered life...".

But nowadays the idea of hating Apple and loving Microsoft is now role-reversed. Hating Apple gets you low-ranked, while hating Microsoft gets you high-ranked. So I guess Engdaget is simply keeping up with the times...]]>Sep 28th 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
Seriously? It costs $600. Let's compare to a Gen 1 air.

Wins for this thing:
- Price
- One more USB port
- HDMI out (who would really use that on this machine?)
- Hard drive size

Wins for Macbook Air
- Size (thinner)
- Build quality
- Battery life (it is rated at higher than 3 hours -- and we know if this thing is rated at 3, it's not really going to last 3)
- Speed (Core 2 Duo 1.6ghz is a LOT faster than Atom 1.6ghz)
- Graphics Card (even a GMA 950 on the Air is better than the Atom's chipset)
- Screen (the Air has one of the best displays on a 13" or less laptop)
- Keyboard
- Trackpad

I really don't think you can compare the two. One's an expensive netbook that is trying to copy the design of the Air, the other is a premium ultraportable.

And yes, it is a KIRF. Look at the trackpad, look at the curvature of the case, and even the latch for opening/closing the thing. All copied from the Air design.]]>Sep 28th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/

You really shouldn't compare it to Gen 1 MBA dude. The only thing that wins in is speed and graphics. Everything else: the lack of a disc drive, only 80GB SSD, ridiculous flip-down hatch for USB and such, the fact that one of the cores can overheat, and the thin-ness in terms of probable damage is not a win in my book. The 2nd gen fixes the overheating problem and gives you 4 hrs battery life, and 120GB, still no attempt at a disc-drive, and still more expensive. Also in terms of design, if you are giving this the thumbs down (like Engadget) for "looking" like the MacBook Air, then you're more short-sighted than I thought.

No one's probably gonna put the MBA (or the Praxis) to serious use anyways, so the whole Dual-Core thing is practically void.

"And yes, it is a KIRF. Look at the trackpad, look at the curvature of the case, and even the latch for opening/closing the thing. All copied from the Air design."

Get a hold of yourself. Then again, when haven't a million and 1 people said that anything that looks similar to Apple is an Apple ripoff? That ship sailed long ago.]]>Sep 28th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
They obviously share little in common with each other aside from aesthetics, but it would be silly to deny that the Airis Praxis Slim Air isn't taking many design elements straight from the MacBook Air.]]>Sep 28th 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/The remains of Praxis following the explosion

That year, a combination of mishaps occurred, causing an explosion that disintegrated most of the moon - the disaster was later attributed to "overmining and insufficient safety precautions."


...So sign me up for one of THESE!]]>Sep 28th 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
Phew.]]>Sep 28th 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_%28process%29

But your explanation is way cooler, even though I'm more of a Stargate SG-1 fan myself! :)]]>Sep 28th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
Can't you read? Of course it has not yet happened - 2009 comes before 2293!

Oi scamps, get on yahoo - I need to talk to you about stu [-] ]]>Sep 29th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/

KIRF? Me thinks not.

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Well done.]]>Sep 29th 2009 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.pcworld.com/article/142314/macbook_air_tests_good_looks_poor_battery_life.html

Bit silly of them using the word "Air" in the name of it though. Surely that is just asking for trouble, especially since it doesn't really like an identically clone of the Apple.]]>Sep 28th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/Sep 28th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
if they could shove the ion into this, then i surely would buy one :D]]>Sep 28th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
MBA has a 9400M now.]]>Sep 28th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/airis-praxis-slim-air-is-one-inch-thick-kirftastic/
Oh wait..

(iLogic has just quit unexpectedly)]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:32PM