[X4U] MW Expo; I'm underwhelmed

[Christopher Collins]

Ah. So the Macbook Air isn't for you then!

cjc


On 23/01/2008, at 6:22 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

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> On Jan 22, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Eugene wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 04:28:31PM CST, Ed Gould <edgould1948 at comcast.net 
>> > wrote:
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>> MacBook Air is "X".  You need "Y".  Define "Y".
>>
>
> I was going to go for the corvette/lincoln comparison but figured  
> that would get to many people upset. So lets keep it with computers.
>
> I need a laptop computer that can expand memory up to 32G (more  
> would be a plus) and has an optical drive and has a "hard drive"  
> that is say over 180G AND a builtin ethernet card (or at least one  
> that you can attach to it). The hard drive can be some new  
> "something" that looks like a HD it doesn't have to be a PURE HD  
> (physically I mean). Oh yes and have at least a 17" monitor that is  
> SVGA or better (the computer of course must have a SVGA graphics  
> card builtin. A battery that can last at least 8 hours or be able to  
> be plugged in to an airplane receptacle . A Firewire connection port  
> and a USB port would be nice. Sound card is mandatory.
>
> Is that a good definition of "Y" ?