Lenovo X300 rips Macbook Air a new one

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DRWAM — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:36:22 GMT

The Portege R500 does have a slower CPU at 1.33GHz compared to the MBA at 1.6 GHz, But it weighs 2.4lbs, and has a 3 yr warranty. That adds $250 to the MBA, bringing the price within $50. I am not sure what the MBA has for the bus speed. For what you do most on the road [email and web surfing, Office docs], you may not notice a speed difference.

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Mum — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:26:47 GMT

"I had this Toshiba in my hands recently, and it DOES gives Apple a run for its money!"

...or 300$ more, which gets you a much slower processor. It's for different needs.

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aemarques — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:37:30 GMT

Well, I don't know about the Lenovo, but I had this Toshiba in my hands recently, and it DOES gives Apple a run for its money!

www.toshiba.fr/.../flashtour.asp

... still thin, still light, but with an RJ45 port, DVD burner AND an option to have Flash memory instead of a Hard disk...

re: Lenovo X300 rips Macbook Air a new one

DRWAM — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:51:21 GMT

Waethorn, holy crap is that small and inexpensive. It's a little too small for me, but I am impressed. My laptop is for the road, and rarely used for anything but email and surfing, but I need to sign reports through our VPN. So although I have a Mac Pro Tower [with Vista of course], I don't need a Mac laptop. That's why I only buy Windows laptops as posted above. You [actually Apple] just can't beat the price for my needs. That Atom is pretty nice looking, as well as the model holding it. Maybe some day, I will buy my wife one.

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Mum — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:19:41 GMT

Millions of people are being forced to either carry extra pounds with them and pay extra dollars for features they never use, or tolerate design compromises that occur when the price has to be kept down and the size within the limits of 'portable'. So, to many people, in comparison to MB Air, X300 is overpriced and underpowered. That's its compromise. Meanwhile, there are a lot of people who rarely need one usb connection and never an ethernet connection - which machine would you recommend to them?

I could write a blog entry titled "Go figure ... Paul doesn't get MacBook Air".

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reunson — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:25:43 GMT

That video was funny!!

But, what was equally laughable was the claim that the Leveno X300 is a 'no compromise ultraportable'.

It's as thick as a normal laptop! It nearly split the envelope as well.

0.92" thick ultraportable? What a joke

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Waethorn — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:36:45 GMT

@DRWAM

If you haven't already seen it, take a look:

www.msnbc.msn.com/.../24128551

That's fully functional Centrino Atom powered computer that's about the size of a PSP, but running Windows Vista....

....and it's a phone too! (but only in Far East Asian countries)

Even the price is still fairly reasonable, considering how much OQO & Sony charge for their devices. If they had this with a US-English version of Windows (there's no such thing as a Canadian-English version, persay, but you can change the regional settings to Canada), I'd consider getting one, even if it meant I couldn't use the phone features here.

Hell, if I could order it directly from Sharp outside of Willcom's contract, I'd probably get them to disable the phone functionality (it's only compatible with technology in Japan), or get them to put in 3G EVDO or HSDPA, install Windows Vista myself, and sell them.

....puts the iPhone to shame!

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re: Lenovo X300 rips Macbook Air a new one

DRWAM — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:18:08 GMT

Dipsh, I still must admit that it's a great value. Also, I think that there are even more of better value than MBA, even though I agree that I almost never use the DVD/CD player. I would still buy something other than MBA, because of price. It may be heavier, but ,money is money. Laptops usually are carried in a bag/case, and if you are traveling, the more important item would be luggage. Many people use bags that hold the laptop and other items, so one more lb would probably not be very significant, IMO. Especially if you have much heavier luggage. And if you're on the road without a bag/case, I still think that one more lb wouldn't make much difference. Of course, I am a weight lifter, but even my little 110 lb wife think s so also.

re: Lenovo X300 rips Macbook Air a new one

halesgarcia — Sat, 03 May 2008 07:30:15 GMT

That's quite impressive. The MBA has been out just a few months and Lenovo is already compelled to make comparisons to it.

Apple just keeps on setting the standard.

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Dipsh t Admin — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:48:01 GMT

DRWAM, i actually meant in terms of weight, not cost. Sorry I was not specific enough in my wording.

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DRWAM — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:59:40 GMT

It's only 4 lbs, and I bench 335 lbs. But cheaper than $999? Wow! My next laptop, will be pretty cheap, and the old one goes to my brother. My mom has my older Inspiron 7500. It is 8 yrs old, runs XP fine and is pretty speedy. I replaced the battery once. Back then, it retailed for $3200. The wireless-G PCMCIA card works fine. She loves it. I can imagine buying one of those $700 ones that I see in the Sunday ads, every one or two years, to supply my family with my old laptops. Will they last? Who knows, but they can be replaced pretty cheaply and are fine since we have towers for our heavy duty computing needs. I built 3 of them.

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Dipsh t Admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:40:45 GMT

DRWAMN, you could almost accomplish that with a notebook with a SD card slot, and the same slot on your desktop. My x61s and Dell desktop both have it, so I would be able to do that type of "sneaker" transfer.

The usage of a CD/DVD drive is certainly decreasing, but it also doesn't mean that anyone needs to bring around a stack of them. You take what you need when you need it.

And the point with the Ethernet is not whether you can get an external dongle, but why? Ultra portables that are smaller include Ethernet jacks, such as the diminutive Fujitsu U810.

I find the M1330 to be a nice laptop, but it on the upper end of the ultra portable market. A little too heavy for my tastes.

re: Lenovo X300 rips Macbook Air a new one

DRWAM — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:37:55 GMT

I meant that they should have added the CD holder case, not that they used one. Otherwise, why would you need the drive? To imply that you need one, you must have a case full of them. If you only needed one, a thumb drive could hold the image file. Also, an Ethernet USB adapter and or the Belkin minihub is so small that they would both have no problem fitting in the envelope with the MBA. I have not used my DVD/CD drive in my Inspiron laptop in so long, I cannot remember when I used it last. I loaded a few games long ago, but I used a thumb drive much more. Maybe Apple got it right for those niche needing road warriors. Personally, I usually disagree with these types of niche products, but perhaps I am wrong. If I wanted ultraportable, and since I like Dell, I would consider the XPS M1330 for $999. Buy a nice case and a big thumb drive. Wouldn't it be nice to have a built-in, hide away thumb drive? A few notebook mice have a hideaway built-in USB receiver that fits into the mouse. Both could be a good feature. Maybe not on an ultraportable, but at least on some kind of notebook.