Comments on: Lenovo drops ThinkPad X300 to answer MacBook Air

By: z

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:18:44 +0000

Hmm.. might not be bad, too expensive though ;)
And.. it’s year 2008 now, not 1988. When will lenovo hire ANY designer?

By: andycapp

andycapp — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:22:18 +0000

The Apple Air looks so much better and Vista is crap. Drive and battery aside, I prefer the Air. Tell Lenovo to stop making brick computers

By: Zeth

Zeth — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:32:07 +0000

I like OSX but contrary to the wider audience I regard MacBook Pro as plastic fantastic. Air look fantastic, but without HSDPA, proper deviceconnectivity and more battery it’s an overprized EmailReader. Provided OS requirements allowing such choice – as it does for me – I’ll pick the X300 any day of the week. On the other hand, 13,3″ seems to be the hype of the day and I therefore will await the T300 which will become true workhorses. I have great expectations.

One catch though: Could anyone please advice Lenovo that there’s hardly VGA monitors left in the industrialised world – Learn from Apple and provide DVI/HDMI and dongles.

By: Sigmund Fraud

Sigmund Fraud — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:15:48 +0000

So put Linux on it.

By: Philippine Goji Juice

Philippine Goji Juice — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:39:22 +0000

great post. i liked it…

By: NS

NS — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:02:05 +0000

On the outside, I agree, the Lenovo is much better as far as functionality goes. But remember…it’s still Vista. Vista sucks on even the best non-Mac computers.

By: ryan red

ryan red — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:05:27 +0000

If I had endless money, beyond getting more hookers than Matt Hickey usually gets, I’d buy a Think Pad.
The Air’s lack of a removable battery makes it about as appealing as a girl with the clap. I’m on my second laptop battery and they are expensive enough without having to pay for it to be installed.

By: Adam McKerlie

Adam McKerlie — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:34:24 +0000

SSD’s are quicker than hard drives on all fronts, however they’re much quicker in some areas than in others.

The typical access time for a SSD is about 35 – 100 micro-seconds, whereas that of a hard disk is around 5,000 – 10,000 micro-seconds.

In general SSD’s are also more reliable and last longer. As of right now the prices are just to high to really make a difference but as the prices come down it’ll make more and more sense to get SSD’s instead of hard disks.

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:07:25 +0000

Agreed. My boss wouldn’t shut up about the Air until he found out it had no optical drive. Also, I forgot who published the findings, but it turns out solid state drives aren’t really that much faster than regular ones (which surprised and disappointed me).

By: jj550

jj550 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:58:08 +0000

Apple reigns supreme in the land of eye candy for those who would eschew features