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Or maybe these are prices I should expect when not paying the Intel premium rate hike...]]>May 5th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/Must every rating now be solely based on battery life?]]>May 5th 2010 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/May 5th 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/May 5th 2010 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/
Battery life is important (I certainly didn't get the 6-cell in my Aspire 1 because I like the extra weight) but in the 14" - 17" screen size range I think 2 hours is probably plenty. The majority of the time business machines like those will be away from a wall or out of their dock will be while they're on the table at a meeting/presentation or when meeting with a client. Not too long in duration I would guess.

Road warriors might protest, but HP has other machines for them ...]]>May 5th 2010 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/May 5th 2010 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/Im not a big fan of apple myself, but i cant help but drool at their laptop designs.]]>May 5th 2010 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/
]]>May 5th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/Phenom II with an ATI Radeon 530v ?
or
Intel i5 with an NVIDIA 310m ?

I think for movie editing, I'd go with the first option because of the 6 cores, but gaming I'm not too sure since I don't think games will take advantage of the extra cores.]]>May 5th 2010 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/May 5th 2010 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/May 5th 2010 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/
It's quite shameless if you ask me and Inexcusable for a company who is supposed to be an innovator. I cant respect that, I'm sorry.

Any anyone who argues with me must be blind because it's right there in black and white. The HP 'ProBook' - they EVEN put the words TOGETHER like Apple has. How can anyone respect HP as a company when they can't even name their own products independently without trying to mimic an already successful product.

I's sorry - I'm really angry! ]]>May 5th 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/May 5th 2010 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/
Yeah, I know what you mean. It's like the Samsung Galaxy S - it deserves so much more than to seem like a cheap clone/knockoff of Apple, yet it's unmistakable and undeniable: in a realm where brand differentiation is particularly important (considering many of the innards are designed and built by the same OEMs), companies attempting to confuse consumers through conflation of catchphrases, brand names and similarity of design in order to bandwagon their way to success is not only obvious to even the casual tech-savvy customer but makes it seem like a company is a follower in the tech world, rather than a leader.

I don't even particularly like most Apple designs (although their new iPhone prototype looks kind of nice, and I like their new unibody-shelled MacBook Pros) so I don't really understand why so many PC manufacturers (and apparently smartphone manufacturers) feel the need to ape Apple designs. Sure, they are currently enjoying unprecedented success in the popular market in terms of mindshare and brand recognition, but I would think most companies would rather put out new products that strongly differentiate their products from their leading competitor, not try to look more like them. Apple didn't get where they are by copying the PC designs of the day, they did it by getting some serious industrial designers with a flair for style to distinguish themselves, and they did it well. I'd argue that their minimalist designs often veered away from actual usability or ergonomics, but some people enjoy form over function, and Apple has clearly distinguished their brand as a maker of lifestyle devices and despite still being (in terms of market share) a relatively niche computer manufacturer, in terms of mind share they're clearly head and shoulders above the large number of Asian clone PC manufacturers who may push more units but haven't managed as yet to put out any one recognizable product which has caught the eye of popular culture and the average consumer.

I actually like HTC designs because they don't look anything like Apple's iPhone. Now if only PC manufacturers had a similar interest in totally rethinking their laptop/desktop designs that moved away from existing bland designs without simply trying to copy Apple...]]>May 5th 2010 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/the previous series looked so gorgeous]]>May 5th 2010 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/hp-unleashes-seven-new-probooks-cuddles-up-with-amd/May 5th 2010 5:24AM