[mythtv-users] OT - Mac Advocacy, was; Which SVN?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Matthew McClement wrote:

> 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.

The Toshiba R500 costs about the same at the MacBook Air.