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    MSI Doubles X340 Battery, Improves Keyboard, Drops Price

    When It Grows Up, the iiView A2 Wants To Be a MacBook Air

    Dell Drops Adamo Price to Compete with MacBook Air

    TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves

    Is the New Macbook Air Actually Slower Than the Last One?

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    Image of Daniel_Contogiannis Daniel_Contogiannis
    07/31/09

    In reply to When It Grows Up, the iiView A2 Wants To Be a MacBook Air
    where is my comment
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    07/31/09

    @Daniel_Contogiannis: You had to be approved.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/31/09

    In reply to When It Grows Up, the iiView A2 Wants To Be a MacBook Air
    Know, can anyone tells me what happens when you minimize the thickness of an all plastic laptop (as they'd have to do to mimic the thinness of a Macbook Air) but would not happen if metal were used (as in the Macbook Air).....Anyone?

    Cheapness != Value.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/31/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: *Now
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    Image of bigbaddaddy bigbaddaddy
    07/31/09

    In reply to When It Grows Up, the iiView A2 Wants To Be a MacBook Air
    plastic case with this dimension is doomed. Apple product design has more than just looks.
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    Image of tiki tuka brumey tiki tuka brumey
    07/31/09

    @bigbaddaddy: bwahhh...
    my acer aspire one a110l has also plastic case, and is hacked/modded to the fullest (touch, ram, sdd, 300mbit wlan, bluetooth, esata)... this thing fell to the ground 100times, was disassambled 10times and goes with my dj-gigs all the time ...... just curious , whats so bad about plastic case? the iiview A2 would be great because i wouldn't need the external monitor nor my external esata-drive. just the netbook + scratchlive-box .....
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    Edited by tiki tuka brumey at 07/31/09 4:23 AM tiki tuka brumey was starred tiki tuka brumey was unstarred
    Image of LolpantsofArabia LolpantsofArabia
    07/31/09

    @tiki tuka brumey: That's fine on a 9in machine - the plastic is decently rigid at that scale. Take it up to 12in, and that thing is gonna twist.
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    Image of Thorax_In_A_Bog Thorax_In_A_Bog
    07/31/09

    In reply to When It Grows Up, the iiView A2 Wants To Be a MacBook Air
    If I'm going to buy something with "aye-aye" in the title, I want it to at least include a peg-leg or a parrot or something...
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    Image of SharadiniCleopatra SharadiniCleopatra
    07/31/09

    In reply to When It Grows Up, the iiView A2 Wants To Be a MacBook Air
    In your first sentence, it should be "..then...", not "...than". "Than" is only used when you compare two things; "then" is used to show sequence.

    Sorry to be a grammar nazi...this is a common mistake, though.
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    07/31/09

    @SharadiniCleopatra: The sad part? I corrected someone else twice for the same mistake earlier. Fixed and thanks.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    07/31/09

    In reply to When It Grows Up, the iiView A2 Wants To Be a MacBook Air
    Quite the sexy mimic artist....
    The more these clones pop up the more they make me want the real thing.

    I am so ready for a MacBook. Just waiting on BT 3.0 and USB 3.0
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    Image of SakhiKabobular SakhiKabobular
    07/30/09

    In reply to When It Grows Up, the iiView A2 Wants To Be a MacBook Air
    Cool, I wonder if I can Hack it to run OS X, and have an affordable Mac?
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    Image of Iowa11 Iowa11
    07/30/09

    @SakhiKabobular: if i knew how to promote comments i would have promoted yours.
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    Image of chuuchdizzle chuuchdizzle
    07/30/09

    @SakhiKabobular:

    actually i think you can't due to the video chipset.
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    07/30/09

    @Iowa11: Starred users are able to promote comments. Make some good comments, earn a star, and you'll have those superpowers too.
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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/31/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Do I get a star now?
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    07/31/09

    @Xterm11_is Rhyming: No, but I get a headache as I look for the "ban" button.
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    Image of Iowa11 Iowa11
    07/31/09

    @Rosa Golijan: thanks now lets get this convo back to the hackintosh at hand!
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    07/31/09

    @Iowa11: Agreed!

    It would by far be a much nicer looking hackintosh than the Mini.
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    07/31/09

    @Rosa Golijan: We need a compatibility chart for notebooks. Pronto!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/21/09

    In reply to Dell Drops Adamo Price to Compete with MacBook Air
    It's sort of a toss-up of tradeoffs, and to really think about it, it's sort of hard to consider the processor and graphics power when neither of these devices were really designed to be powerhouses anyway. Longer battery life is always tempting, but I question how much more it actually saves. If I really had to choose, I'd go Air. SSD is nice, but the Air no longer suffers the crappy PATA iPod hard drives.

    George Lucas writing and directing the next Star Trek.

    YOU SHUT YOUR FILTHY WHORE MOUTH!
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    Image of Eavangel Eavangel
    07/21/09

    In reply to Dell Drops Adamo Price to Compete with MacBook Air
    The 3G is a nice feature but i think it'd rather have the 9400 Nvidia and the faster processor in the Air any day. Plus upgrading RAM your-self is cheap so i'd have to say price vs performance, the Air is a better buy.
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    Image of drakino drakino
    07/21/09

    @Eavangel: Upgrading the RAM on the Air is near impossible. The 2GB is directly soldered to the motherboard.

    The 4GB of ram on the Adamo and 3G is the only advantage they have over the Air. Whereas the Air has a faster processor, and better graphics via the 9400m.

    I'm enjoying mine quite a bit. It's a great travel laptop, allowing it to be usable even in cattle class, and still enough power to play games on the go.
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    Image of roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony
    07/21/09

    @Eavangel:
    Except for the solder on the air's ram.
    That might be a bit tricky.
    Though the adamo's ram is irreplaceable too.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Edited by roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony at 07/21/09 5:02 PM roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony was starred roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony was unstarred
    Image of Eavangel Eavangel
    07/21/09

    @drakino: I didn't realize that they were soldered in. Thanks for filling me in.


    but it should be noted that the Air comes down $100 on both the low and high end model with the student discount. It applies to me but it may apply to others as well.
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    Image of AJMatesi AJMatesi
    07/21/09

    In reply to Dell Drops Adamo Price to Compete with MacBook Air
    apple tax is slowly fading?
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    Jim Topoleski promoted this comment AJMatesi was starred AJMatesi was unstarred
    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    07/21/09

    @AJMatesi: hasnt existed in a while is more like it.

    Dont expect people to admit that though.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    07/21/09

    @Jim Topoleski: The laptops aren't very overpriced compared to other luxury brands anymore but the desktops are a different story.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/21/09

    In reply to Dell Drops Adamo Price to Compete with MacBook Air
    Wait wait wait. So YOU'RE telling ME, that a 1.2 GHz C2D Dell Adamo costs the same as a 1.86 GHz C2D Macbook Air!?!? And this is a good thing, HOW again?
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    07/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Plus I believe these Adamos still only use Intel GMA graphics rather than the 9400M.
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    Image of Spoony Spoony
    07/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: It's got a 128GB SSD...oh wait that's not worth anything.
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    07/21/09

    @Spoony:
    Actually, its worth about 300$.
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    07/21/09

    @Spoony: That's true, and what's even weirder is I can't find the option on the Apple Online Store to configure an Air with an SSD.
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    Image of zeroprime zeroprime
    07/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: The Dell Adamo uses the SU series of Core 2 Duo processors from Intel, which have 3MB L2 cache, 800MHz fsb and 10w max TDP. The Macbook Air uses the SL series of C2D processors, which have 6MB L2 cache, 1066MHz fsb and 17w max TDP. Both are built on the 45nm fabrication process.

    The SL series chips in the lower end macbook airs actually cost more than the lower end SU series in the Adamos.

    Dell attempted to provide a better battery life with a process/graphics combo that used less energy. Unfortunately, it seems so underpowered that it runs full blast for task that normally wouldn't be "processor intensive" almost completely negating the gains of using low power components.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    07/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: it's the SSD that bumps it up in price. Those things are expensive. Not that I'm trying to defend Dell's pricing on this -- the Adamo is clearly the Ishtar of computing.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/21/09

    @zeroprime: Ahh....Thanks for the explanation.
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    Image of drakino drakino
    07/21/09

    @weatherman: The $1800 MacBook Air also comes with a 128GB SSD. So high end Adamo owners are paying $430 for 2 extra GB of RAM and 3G wireless, slower processor and Intel 3D video.
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    07/21/09

    @drakino: And those high end Adamo owners are so full of WIN!
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: On another note, does anyone else literally visualize an adam's apple whenever they hear about this laptop? I do. Dunno why. It's kinda creepy tho.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/22/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: That's funny, because I just picture little spaceman robots falling ass backwards down the stairs.
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    Image of stevewoz stevewoz
    07/15/09

    In reply to TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves
    After gathering 6 bags after JFK security (myself and kids) I thought the next one was my friend's bag. 20 minutes later, at a gate not far away, I discovered that I had missed my own computer bag. There were almost no passengers at this security stop on that day. The security people just shrugged their shoulders. A simple camera would have caught the thief, who in my mind was probably a TSA official or their friend because of their lack of concern.



    4 years in prison is a stern penalty but it's not fair, because so many other TSA employees get away with the same thing.



    The system is flawed. They force us to reorganize ), so they should take the responsibility to insure that we leave with what we brought. Reasonable humans will frequently get separated from valuable items under these conditions.



    I almost never fly these days if the journey is 12 hours or less by car. I love my cars. I hate airports (usually).



    Private air transportation is great but I rarely do it.
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    Image of Superfast Superfast
    07/15/09

    In reply to TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves
    I'd bet good money that, if you ran the numbers, you would find that you are more likely to die in a car wreck on your way to replace your stolen shit than in a terrorist attack on an airplane before the TSA was around (including 9-11)
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    @Superfast: Probably a pretty accurate statement.



    However, unlike driving your own family across the country in the Wagon Queen Family Truckster, taking a plane or train requires you to put your faith and safety completely in the hands of strangers.



    Even though you weren't more likely to die in a horrible plane crash/terrorist incident post 9/11 the travel industry as a whole was severely affected.



    Me? I went on vacation the week after Sept 11th. Best damn vacation I've ever had. Airports were vacant, parking was never an issue, hell I had Disney World with no lines for a week.
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    Image of SalimaCachophony SalimaCachophony
    07/15/09

    In reply to TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves
    TSA seriously needs to do this much more often and randomly. I was just a victim of a camera stolen out of my luggage and there was no notice of inspection. Go figure.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    @SalimaCachophony: Why not just have the Air Marshall check such luggage and have it follow him around?
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    07/15/09

    In reply to TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves
    Honestly, can we just do away with the TSA agents at airports, please? Enough is enough. It's not doing what it is supposed to do. It causes the costs, both implicit and explicit of flying to go up with no return on the investment. Keep the Air Marshals, ditch TSA.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: I really have no problem w/ the TSA other than they harass people who even look muslim.



    What they need to do is give the Air Marshalls the authority to taser those little snotbags that keep kicking the back of my fucking seat.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: Get rid of them too.



    I was having a conversation about the TSA the other day and I was amazed how many people said they actually thought the TSA was doing something useful.



    If ever there was a system in need of overhaul its the entire airline industry, including the TSA.
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    07/15/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: and they steal shit...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    @tande04: The TSA isn't there to do something useful. The TSA is there to make people feel "safe" about flying and "maybe" catch a bomber.



    They act as an up-front deterrent for those of less conviction that the absolutely hardcore looking to cause chaos.



    Basically they're they version of the cop getting his free donut at the donut shop. You're less likely to cause a problem there with the fuzz so close.



    Really, the TSA needs to be an actual REAL police force. Not contracted goons and thieves on a power trip.
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    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: I fly 6+ times per year. I have never had anything stolen. Then again, I'm not stupid enough to put valuable electronics in my checked luggage either.



    Even better is that I never set foot on any plane un-armed. I always have weapons on my person. Just because the TSA doesn't view pens and various other instruments as weapons, doesn't mean they cannot be used as such.
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    Edited by Lite: hates Illinois Nazis at 07/15/09 7:04 PM Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
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