The interface looks nice and responsive and easy to use... just ugly. If it weren't brown boxes with thick outlines and they made an effort into making it more like the P7 or some such then it might be pretty good.

Because Apple invented the shiny bezel!

yeah, I'M the retard when you're the one who immediately goes to the case when I refer to generic HARDWARE! I guess you can include the case at a stretch but when I said "cheap hardware in a nice box" I thought that I had covered that, yes they are nice cases, but almost every manufacturer has their own case designs, granted they may not be aluminium but you can buy Lian Li cases which are aluminium for less then a 1/5 of the premium on the mac pro.

Learn to read what I say then start throwing insults like retard about please.

I also love how you've attacked my entire argument based on the case, and not on the processor, motherboard, ram, hard drive, power supply, dvd drive, SATA connectors, 24 pin motherboard power connector, wireless cards, bluetooth cards, or any other computer hardware component.

The problem I have with all this is some 'premium' image Apple has created. If you pay a lot of money for a premium product, you really shouldn't get a bog standard product with a paint job in return. And that's all that Apple is, generic cheap hardware in a nice box with an operating system that is just as if not less secure and stable then Windows. You are not paying for a better quality product, you are paying for an IMAGE and that is it.

It won't always be a straight choice between this and the iPhone, it will really come down to however much the contract costs, as if this costs $15 a month and the iPhone costs $30 quite a few people may be swayed towards the LG.

And I've only ever owned one LG phone, the Shine and have to say the build quality is exemplary.

I think people seriously considering buying i7 at this moment in time are more likely to be system builders themselves and not those buying pre-built machines.

@ iEye

"This thing will top 1 Grand when you factor in and insurance..."

"Oh please, stop using the CONTRACT word... we all know anyone with 1/4 a brain could unlock an iPhone..."

Both quotes, from you... So you're allowed to factor in the cost of owning a phone to make the competition seem worse but I'm not allowed to factor in the cost of owning an iPhone because that would make it look bad?

I will say this one last time, You are a freaking idiot who should really unplug your PC and stick it in a cupboard because it's obvious you're too dumb to own one (even if it is a mac).

I'm so glad I didn't waste money on the iPhone + 2 year contract! Because you see, I really have no need for an imitation of a smartphone and I bet more then half of iphone users don't either.

You know sometimes I feel sorry for AMD, getting crushed by Intel in most markets but then I remember all the times they've been complete asshats and passed up on chances like this.

Seriously AMD if you want to claw back some territory you need to COMPETE, not just litigate to maintain your position. The low power/low cost small laptop market is obviously here to stay, any idiot can see that. And although a few companies have dropped the ball on what a 'netbook' should be, many others are going in the right direction. And the allure of a small, light, low cost albeit low power notebook good enough for note taking, travel, communications, entertainment purposes is obviously quite great for a lot of people, enough to sell stuff anyway.

I think they've actually done a really good job with the designs, OK nothing will ever be to everyone's taste but I think all the designs are a lot more 'universal' then previous attempts at arty laptops from the likes of HP which were more love it/hate it affairs.