[mythtv-users] OT - Mac Advocacy, was; Which SVN?
Matthew McClement
mythtv at macker.co.uk
Tue Mar 11 17:29:18 UTC 2008
Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Mar 10, 2008, at 7:24 PM, JS Boyd wrote:
>> They were not exactly first both the EEE PC and the OLPC XO use
>> non-volatile solid-state memory as disk drives. And both are
>> substantially less expensive than the Macbook Air. There will be a
>> whole lot of solid state based laptops real soon now and they'll
>> cost a
>> lot (a whole lot) less than Apple wants.
>
> I wasn't talking about just the solid state drive. I was also talking
> about the LED backlit display, battery life, weight and size.
Toshiba R500 matches it on all counts(it even passes the "envelope"
test) and was out before the Air by about 6 months.
However, the Air does look far prettier which may or may not be an issue
for some.
Matt
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