Windows Vista Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

[Snit]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote
> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):
>
>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>>>
>>> Who cares?
>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX
>>> and install a kludge like Linux.
>>
>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.
>>
>> The apps generally let it down.
>
> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

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[forty-nine]

Re: Once again, AMD builds better CPU for Linux

Re: Once again, AMD builds better CPU for Linux

"7" <website_has_email@www.enemygadgets.com> wrote in message
news:Ao1nj.83935$c_1.62558@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Appil Corporation Fraudulent Asstroturfer Gene Jones wrote on behalf of
> Appil Corporation:
>
>> A
>
> Stick to AMD 64 bit CPUs and PCs running Linux. Its a lot faster than
> appil
> crap.
>
> See for yourself the coolest desktops running Linux
> All free with source code unlike appil crap

Beryl Died.
Can you rotate to a good App...or is compiz gimmickry the coup de grace ?

 

[Lefty Bigfoot]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote
(in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:
>
>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote
>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):
>>
>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>>>>
>>>> Who cares?
>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like
>>>> OSX
>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.
>>>
>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.
>>>
>>> The apps generally let it down.
>>
>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.
>
> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.

--
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All of God's creatures have a place..........
..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
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[Snit]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote
> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>
>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:
>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote
>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):
>>>
>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>>>>>
>>>>> Who cares?
>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like
>>>>> OSX
>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.
>>>>
>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.
>>>>
>>>> The apps generally let it down.
>>>
>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.
>>
>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.
>
> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.

Never saw the movie.


--
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[John Slade]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple


"Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message
news:jasin-D12641.20475726012008@mpls-nnrp-05.inet.qwest.net...
> As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a
> customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure
> up, but now Intel has learned to work at the level of Apple

Bahahahahaha! Are you serious? You have to be joking making a stupid
statement like this. I know who this is, this is that same nut that said
that Apple has to "ratify" External SATA before it can become an industry
standard.

The ONLY thing he is right about is that they designed a chip for
Apple's thin notebook. Now mind you it's the same Core 2 Duo in other
computers, it's just made smaller and uses less power.

Intel wants to have everyone as their customer but they're hardly
desperate. Before they had Apple, they sold the vast majority of CPUs.

John

 

[Lefty Bigfoot]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600, Snit wrote
(in article <C3C2B352.A49F5%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
> 0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:
>
>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote
>> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>>
>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
>>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote
>>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):
>>>>
>>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Who cares?
>>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like
>>>>>> OSX
>>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.
>>>>>
>>>>> The apps generally let it down.
>>>>
>>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.
>>>
>>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.
>>
>> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.
>
> Never saw the movie.

It didn't come from a movie, and I left out part of it.


--
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All of God's creatures have a place..........
..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
See also: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif

 

[Lefty Bigfoot]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:02:09 -0600, Lefty Bigfoot wrote
(in article <0001HW.C3C2CC0201D1623DF01846D8@news.verizon.net>):

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600, Snit wrote
> (in article <C3C2B352.A49F5%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>
>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
>> 0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:
>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote
>>> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>>>
>>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
>>>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote
>>>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who cares?
>>>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like
>>>>>>> OSX
>>>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The apps generally let it down.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.
>>>>
>>>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.
>>>
>>> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.
>>
>> Never saw the movie.
>
> It didn't come from a movie, and I left out part of it.

ah, there was a movie with that title, and it predates the show
I was referencing by a year. I was referring to the Flying
Fickle Finger of Fate that was common on Laugh-In.

I don't recall seeing that movie either.


--
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All of God's creatures have a place..........
..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
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[Snit]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
0001HW.C3C2CC0201D1623DF01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 11:02 PM:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600, Snit wrote
> (in article <C3C2B352.A49F5%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>
>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
>> 0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:
>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote
>>> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>>>
>>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
>>>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote
>>>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who cares?
>>>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like
>>>>>>> OSX
>>>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The apps generally let it down.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.
>>>>
>>>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.
>>>
>>> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.
>>
>> Never saw the movie.
>
> It didn't come from a movie, and I left out part of it.
>
Then I will wait for the movie.

That was easy.


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[Snit]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

"John Slade" <sammy@candyman.com> stated in post
K0enj.765$Ch6.244@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net on 1/27/08 10:48 PM:

>
> "Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message
> news:jasin-D12641.20475726012008@mpls-nnrp-05.inet.qwest.net...
>> As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a
>> customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure
>> up, but now Intel has learned to work at the level of Apple
>
> Bahahahahaha! Are you serious? You have to be joking making a stupid
> statement like this. I know who this is, this is that same nut that said
> that Apple has to "ratify" External SATA before it can become an industry
> standard.
>
> The ONLY thing he is right about is that they designed a chip for
> Apple's thin notebook. Now mind you it's the same Core 2 Duo in other
> computers, it's just made smaller and uses less power.

You say that like it is just a little favor. LOL! Your "justs" are a
pretty big deal!
>
> Intel wants to have everyone as their customer but they're hardly
> desperate. Before they had Apple, they sold the vast majority of CPUs.

Wow... you do know a little about the industry. A little.



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[Snit]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
0001HW.C3C2CCB301D18BADF01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 11:05 PM:

> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:02:09 -0600, Lefty Bigfoot wrote
> (in article <0001HW.C3C2CC0201D1623DF01846D8@news.verizon.net>):
>
>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600, Snit wrote
>> (in article <C3C2B352.A49F5%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>>
>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
>>> 0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote
>>>> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>>>>
>>>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post
>>>>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote
>>>>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Who cares?
>>>>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like
>>>>>>>> OSX
>>>>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The apps generally let it down.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.
>>>>
>>>> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.
>>>
>>> Never saw the movie.
>>
>> It didn't come from a movie, and I left out part of it.
>
> ah, there was a movie with that title

Yes, I know.

> , and it predates the show I was referencing by a year. I was referring to
> the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate that was common on Laugh-In.

Aha. I saw a few episodes but never really was a fan... I have never been a
big watcher of TV.
>
> I don't recall seeing that movie either.

Fair enough.



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[Mitch]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

In article <K0enj.765$Ch6.244@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net>, John Slade
<sammy@candyman.com> wrote:

> Intel wants to have everyone as their customer but they're hardly
> desperate. Before they had Apple, they sold the vast majority of CPUs.

"Intel was desperate to have Apple as a customer"
is not the same statement as
"Intel is a desparate company."

 

[chrisv]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

Gene Jones wrote:

>As we all

*plonk*

 

[Moshe Goldfarb]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:23:07 +0100, Hadron wrote:

> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>>
>> Who cares?
>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX
>> and install a kludge like Linux.
>
> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.
>
> The apps generally let it down.

That's my point.
What good is an OS without applications.

 

[Jerry McBride]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

Mitch wrote:

> In article <86nu65x4ot.ln2@supertux.my.domain>, Jerry McBride
> <jmcbride@mail-on.us> wrote:
>
>> For the price of one mac air... I could buy three eePC's... and have
>> Linux pre-installed....
>>
>> Is the Air Linux compatible?
>
> I don't know of any Mac ever made that was not compatible with Linux.
> Now, it's compatible with even Windows.
>
> I can't believe anyone would talk about the Asus low-end laptop as a
> comparison to regular laptop considerations. Come on, a 7 inch screen?


The Mac Air isn't so regular either... no on-board cd/dvd drives... does it
even have a USB slot? How about changing out the battery when it finally
dies... ahhh... it's over priced, just like all the crap apple makes...



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[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
> <none@none.not> wrote in message news:fnjknv$ee2$2@aioe.org...
>>> I can just imagine the type of totally obnoxiously devoted Apple gimps
>>> that I'm going to see posing with those this summer. I'll stick with the
>>> totally functional and useful Thinkpad X-Series.
>>>
>> Agreed. I love Thinkpad xseries too. I have an x41.
>
>
> I have an X31 and an X40. I have been planning to get a X61 or X61s, but
> now I think I'll wait for a Penryn powered X62 (or is it going to be a new
> design, X70?).
>
> ss.
>
>

Nice! I have no leverage for upgrading anytime soon because mine is my
work laptop and it does everything I need it to do and still screams.
They cost a bit more but are well worth the price.

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[Gene Jones]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

Jerry McBride <jmcbride@mail-on.us> wrote:

> The Mac Air isn't so regular either... no on-board cd/dvd drives... does it
> even have a USB slot? How about changing out the battery when it finally
> dies... ahhh... it's over priced, just like all the crap apple makes...

Ah, but you don't yet understand it has a "wireless CD drive", which is
a major innovation to the industry. I think you need to learn about the
MacBook Air before you make any other comments, you'll seem very foolish
otherwise.

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/guidedtour/

(if your machine isn't modern enough to run QuickTime, go here)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xJEq7pXoi0

--

The Battery is less than a 5 minute replacement and the full retail
"installed" price is $129 in the 4-5 year timeframe, or do it yourself
for less than $60. Apple was once again very smart on this.

And while I agree it's probably $200 more than what a PC user can
afford, it won't effect Mac users since they know it will hold its value
better than a slim PC laptop by over 300%. Wow. Such a deal if you are
good with money.

---

 

[Alias]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

Gene Jones wrote:
> Jerry McBride <jmcbride@mail-on.us> wrote:
>
>> The Mac Air isn't so regular either... no on-board cd/dvd drives... does it
>> even have a USB slot? How about changing out the battery when it finally
>> dies... ahhh... it's over priced, just like all the crap apple makes...
>
> Ah, but you don't yet understand it has a "wireless CD drive", which is
> a major innovation to the industry. I think you need to learn about the
> MacBook Air before you make any other comments, you'll seem very foolish
> otherwise.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macbookair/guidedtour/
>
> (if your machine isn't modern enough to run QuickTime, go here

I watched it using Movie Player with Ubuntu Linux. No Quickie Times for me.

Alias

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

"Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message
news:jasin-7AFDFA.11211528012008@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net...
>
> Ah, but you don't yet understand it has a "wireless CD drive", which is
> a major innovation to the industry.

<chuckle>
You really are a fool for marketing, LOL. This "major innovation" is
nothing more than a convenient button for n00bs, like you! I have been
using CDs and DVDs wirelessly like that FOR YEARS!!! Thinkpad X-Series have
no optical drive unless you connect the Ultrabase, so I do this very often.
All you need to do is to Share an optical drive and its there on the network
to be used by any other computer on the network, wirelessly or wired. It
makes no difference. I haven't done this with a Mac, but I'm pretty sure you
can even do it within a Mac network.

> I think you need to learn about the
> MacBook Air before you make any other comments, you'll seem very foolish
> otherwise.

You need to learn more about computers before you tell us more about these
"major innovations" and bespoke processors.

ss.

 

[Gene Jones]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote:

> "Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message
> news:jasin-7AFDFA.11211528012008@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net...
> >
> > Ah, but you don't yet understand it has a "wireless CD drive", which is
> > a major innovation to the industry.
>
> <chuckle>
> You really are a fool for marketing, LOL. This "major innovation" is
> nothing more than a convenient button for n00bs, like you! I have been
> using CDs and DVDs wirelessly like that FOR YEARS!!! Thinkpad X-Series have
> no optical drive unless you connect the Ultrabase, so I do this very often.
> All you need to do is to Share an optical drive and its there on the network
> to be used by any other computer on the network, wirelessly or wired. It
> makes no difference. I haven't done this with a Mac, but I'm pretty sure you
> can even do it within a Mac network.

you are just talking about simple mounting. not actually installing
software from another wireless Mac or PC. a chuckle for sure!

> > I think you need to learn about the
> > MacBook Air before you make any other comments, you'll seem very foolish
> > otherwise.
>
> You need to learn more about computers before you tell us more about these
> "major innovations" and bespoke processors.

you were the one that didn't understand what Apple has done. I suggest
you learn about what Apple has just innovated. no other PC can do this.

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/guidedtour/

Much less wirelessly "migrate" all data from an older Mac to a MacBook
Air... wow!

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/wireless.html

Someday you'll catch up with what Apple is doing.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C3C26F4101BBA4C8F02066D8@news.verizon.net...
>>
>> It's male jewellery for posing ponces.
>
> I can see how it's useful for someone that is on the road
> constantly and doesn't need a luggable workstation. If all they
> need is lightweight basic computing, it seems like a decent
> choice. If you need to do heavy duty work on it, it's a boat
> anchor.

Ultraportables have been around for many years, and most of them do not
compromise on functionality as much as this Macbook Air seems to. It has a
lot of disadvantages, and the main selling point of it being thin, is has no
appeal to me. It is still large. My Thinkpad X-Series laptops are much
smaller, if a bit thicker. They are more portable and have very long
battery life, and you can use them on airline seats, which they were
essentially designed for.


>> Sort of like the guys you see around with iPhones. Dicks.
>
> Jealousy is so ugly. I don't have an iPhone myself, having no
> need for one, but I don't have any silly notions about ownership
> of one implying any stereotypes for the owners.


Seriously, believe me: jealousy has nothing to do with it. Maybe it is just
me personal experience, but you should see the guys I have met/seen with one
around London.

ss.