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

[jedi]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 05:29:18PM +0000, 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.

     Low profile PCs were also around for a number of years before Apple
finally decided to release one. Apple does get the "pretty part" right
much more often though. PC makers seem to miss the mark there ever so
slightly on a consistent basis. (aopen, acer)