Comments on: HP’s New 15.5-Pound Entertainment Notebook http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/26/hps-new-155-pound-entertainment-notebook/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:24:35 -0500 hourly 1 By: Jimbo http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/26/hps-new-155-pound-entertainment-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-342465 Jimbo Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:07:29 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/26/hps-new-155-pound-entertainment-notebook/#comment-342465 Get yourself one of those wheely cases because if you try to carry this beast around or carry it in a backpack you're gonna giver yourself a hernia! Portable my butt! Get yourself one of those wheely cases because if you try to carry this beast around or carry it in a backpack you’re gonna giver yourself a hernia!

Portable my butt!

]]> By: Julia http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/26/hps-new-155-pound-entertainment-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-337752 Julia Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:14:22 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/26/hps-new-155-pound-entertainment-notebook/#comment-337752 15.5 pounds is not a laptop. It's a desktop with an attached screen. Seriously, I'm pretty sure you can get an entire desktop system (probably w/o a screen) in one of those tiny Shuttle cases, with better specs, for less money and less weight. Congratulations, HP. You've developed a "laptop" that appeals to two niche markets: 1) Geeky weightlifters. 2) People who long for the retro-luggability of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1" rel="nofollow">Osborne 1</a>. 15.5 pounds is not a laptop. It’s a desktop with an attached screen.

Seriously, I’m pretty sure you can get an entire desktop system (probably w/o a screen) in one of those tiny Shuttle cases, with better specs, for less money and less weight.

Congratulations, HP. You’ve developed a “laptop” that appeals to two niche markets:
1) Geeky weightlifters.
2) People who long for the retro-luggability of the Osborne 1.

]]> By: Anthony Pittarelli http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/26/hps-new-155-pound-entertainment-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-337748 Anthony Pittarelli Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:11:23 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/26/hps-new-155-pound-entertainment-notebook/#comment-337748 really what is the point of a 15.5 pound laptop? really what is the point of a 15.5 pound laptop?

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