Video – Another MacBook Air Parody, This Time From Lenovo
By Gasparrini Wednesday April 30, 2008
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This is brilliant! No parody at all!
Nicely done. Now just get rid of windows and it’s perfect.
LOL! I think we have sold all of three, maybe two. Har!
What a great ad. Why would anyone want to buy the MacBook air after seeing that comparison?
Oh, that’s right. I forgot…
Apple fanboys
That’s great! Now all I have to do is install my copies of OS X, Final Cut and Aperture and…
Oh, wait a minute…
They’ve hit the nail on the head.
The Macbook Air maybe a nice ultra portable but they’ve screwed it with the connections… :\
It’s a shame, because it’s a nice computer.
Thin don’t win!
you don’t need 2 metres of cable (and a hub!) to plug in an optical drive. pc users aren’t very smart, are they
I do think the MacBook Air has compromised too much in order to get as
thin as possible. While it may be true that a optical drive and only one USB port may not be a deal breaker. It does add another handicap that a true road warrior would have to deal with at some point. The ideal of true portability is to be flexible too. I would much rather take the Lenovo on the road and have those options available to me.
I know myself I barely use disc drives anymore, and for the most part it’s only to write CDs or DVDs for people who aren’t in the know enough to download stuff themselves. 8GB flash drives are the way to go. Remember back when everyone bitched about the removal of the floppy drive on the iMacs? Apple is just ahead of the curve, again. In the not too distant future of 1TB drives being standard issue, what difference will 700mb CDs and 4.4GB DVDs make? While I’ll readily admit the Air isn’t flawless, it sure beats the pants off the eyesores that Lenovo makes.
The Lenovo does appear to be a very nice machine. And, I heard that they tested it while running and dropped it from 5′ onto a stone floor … it continued to work.
So, I assume we can find a cracked version of OS X for it, right?
Mac Book Air +
built-in CD/DVD +
ports, etc =
regular Mac Book.
What’s the big deal? If you want a Mac Book with all the features of the Mac Book Air, but with a built-in CD/DVD & ports, just buy a regular Mac Book – its faster and you save $600
My first laptop pc was a thinkpad. Still works after 11 years.
6 – Just install a cracked OSX… I know the EULA forbids you, but it’s unenforceable, and if you pay for a genuine OSX disk, my bet is you’re off the hook.
12 – Does the Macbook fit in a manila envelope? So there.
Now if you ask me if the Mac looks nicer, Yeah! much nicer…So what? If you need/want one, what stops you?
Would have been even funnier if they had opened the lid and the blue screen of death was on the screen
#12,
The big deal is about size and weight, which are significantly better in both the Air and the Lenovo. When you need to travel with one, half the weight is a nice feature.
#6 like those things will run properly on a mac hotair.
#15 unlike a system bomb, right??
I would buy a rev 2 Air…the one that comes with at least 2 (usable) USB ports and firewire.
Not having Firewire is a big “Screw you fanboys, you need to buy a special optical drive and not use the external firewire drive you already own.”
Not having a second USB port is another “Screw you, buy one of our new bluetooth mouse (that like all other Mac mice both suck and blow) and keyboard.”
Not having ethernet or including the USB dongle is the final “Screw you, buy an airport!”
I might be able to live with a built in battery, but would not be happy about it. I would rather not be screwed over three times for a pretty limited computer that I don’t get for free.