<![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> The MacBook Air and ThinkPad X300 are both gorgeous machines, equally impressive in their miniaturization of components and even in the atrtractiveness of their design (I love the ThinkPad look). Sadly, it really is about the OS for me. I've used both Macs and PCs for years, and really am very frustrated with the instability and fragility of Windows. Whether it is failing to resume from sleep, not handling two monitors (external and built-in) consistently or the occasional BSOD, I just found that I was wasting far too much time and getting far too frustrated by the mess that is Windows.

OS X isn't perfect, but it is a whole lot closer than XP or Vista. My MacBook (I don't have the Air, yet) is fast, rock solid reliable and I have no fear that it won't resume from sleep mode.

Hardware-wise, I preferred my last ThinkPad (14" T60) over my current MacBook, but the OS is everything, and the T60 has a new owner.

asiafish

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Both are boring. Why can't it be beautiful (eye catching) and for business traveller as well and at a reasonable price? The laptop industry is asking us to make too much compromises...

hkicedude

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @Noobs-R-Us: Right on brother. They don't need the "superior thermals" if they're not making any heat.

And iLife? How is that a downside? It's not even related to the category it's in. They should have hired someone with a Mac to make this chart readable.

Ben Zvan

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nathangimpel: IBM style brother! Business machine!

Palestina

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> For me, it always comes down to the ThinkPad's excellent keyboard. I've never had a problem writing a 2,500-word report or article on either of my X-series ThinkPads, even when I was stuck in the middle seat in the economy section of a Chicago to Narita flight. But there's something about MacBook keyboards that just doesn't agree with me, even when I'm at a comfortable desk. With the MBA's reduced travel keys, I would imagine that this problem would be exacerbated further.

Ktak

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @HotFootMcCook: I agree with everybody that says the Lenovo is the better buy. I can't wait to begin to spot people with the Air so I can publicly deride them for their choice of computer. I'm an Apple fanboy but Mr. Jobs & Crew trying to pull crap like giving it one usb and no removable battery is stupefying. My comment about the Lenovo being ugly was in fact a sarcastic stab at the Air, not towards the Lenovo (though I do still think it's ugly).

nathangimpel

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> No DVI, no dock, no airplane power adapter on X300. If they fix this I would buy about 10 of those for my company. Need Windows, so Air is out of the question. Lenovo, stop trying to B.S. me and build a decent laptop.

rshpount

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @citizen024: id say the matte black design has a timeless charm of its own, that doesn't require compromises like the apple design

Seriously? Matte black has "uncompromising timeless charm?" Uh, matte black is just matte black, last time I checked my Pantone swatches.

iomatic

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nathangimpel: id say the matte black design has a timeless charm of its own, that doesn't require compromises like the apple design. Although in this day and age, if the air only came with the wireless options of the x300 or atleast 3g(for which i see no real technical reason why not) then it would be a worthy opponent.

citizen024

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @Y2KGTP: Or for half the price you could get a m1330 which is the same form factor (13.3), but slightly thicker and .7 lbs heavier, and is MUCH beefier than both hardware-wise.

bpatten

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> It might just be me, but spending 3000+ for a laptop that has a 13.3" screen....

I think I'd give up some lightweight for a high end 17" Gaming laptop....

Y2KGTP

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @pwnz0r: Huh, you're right. That is weird.

I suppose this entire chart is a bit pointless, since the two laptops cater to different markets (despite being the same size). I would still select the X300, since I value functionality over form (and in my opinion, the ThinkPad gives me both in good measure).

CarrerCrytharis

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Something tells me that Apple wasn't going after Lenovo's core market in the first place, so I think that most of the arguments here are moot.

Nonetheless, it is clear that Lenovo still has the advantage in its own core market-- that's what this chart demonstrates. I doubt that Apple really expected to capture much of Lenovo's market, anyway.

UCLAri

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> So can MBA, at about the same price. Why mention HDD shock mount for X300 then?

pwnz0r

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @pwnz0r: It uses an SSD. Why would it need an accelerometer?

CarrerCrytharis

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @Nooorm: ThinkVantage is nice, but I personally found Access Connections a bit complicated to use. Windows's native wireless utility works fine for me. I do appreciate the backup and update tools, though. Overall, ThinkVantage is a pre-loaded software suite that is actually useful and unobtrusive -- something of a rarity.

Also, I think ThinkPads are gorgeous, although mine has had some annoying hardware issues (my T60 is on its third motherboard now, and the latest one emits an irritating whine from time to time). Maybe they were more robust before the Lenovo takeover... then again, it could just be luck.

CarrerCrytharis

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Funny how they highlight MBA's advantages in RED normally reserved for disadvantages, and sometimes "forget" to mention things like missing accelerometer in X300. Also, it's been years since Apple laptops ran hot. My Merom MBP doesn't run hot at all, it's barely warm even under Vista.

pwnz0r

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Ever read a user manual for a cheap chinese product? The chart reads like some doofus chinese translation. "Many much lighter and although can be greatly increased in memory by adding more."

rulerofthemoon

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @jibbly: I actually think that the Lenovo X300 is a nice looking package, but I think the chat is just stupid.

@drzeller: Well egg on my face. Fail: 1, Kaiser: 0

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nathangimpel:
No man, I totally agree. I'd rather pay for a $3000 cool-looking frisbee to oogle the board members with!

/sarcasm

HotFootMcCook

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> How dumb is this comparison. If this is real Lenovo is in bad shape.

... MBA does NOT cook you breakfast, helps you shave, or clean the house... advantage x300 !

mainomega

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> WHO CARES LENEVO! The air is made by apple so it must be superior to everything, well that what Jobs tells us.

wizzledizzle

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @Kaiser-Machead: Dang, you're the one man MBA defender of the thread.

I'll salute your dogged persistence for The Truth, but I still dig the X300 because of the very thing that most people hate it for: MS Windows.

jibbly

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nutbastard: You're right.

IVPPITER

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nathangimpel: because that is what businesses really want, pretty looking computers with no optical drives or battery choices.

@kosikutioner: But you have a choice. You can kill one battery watching movies on the flight and drop in another for doing business when you land.

Being said it looks like it was made for internal purposes only.

archercc

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Kasier-Machead: You do realize that putting things in red does NOT mean negative in the chart, right? They highlight strengths in each column by putting them in green for Lenovo and red for Apple. And iLife is not under USB options -- the categories are listed on the left. Both USB options and iLife are under their Manageability category.

Oh, and everyone that mentions IBM -- Thinkpads have been Lenovo for a couple years now, even though they had IBM on them during the transition.

D.

drzeller

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @sp00nix: Wrong. The Air is actually a sturdy, rigid little laptop. People should actually take a closer look at these things before judging them from the armchair gadget junky's POV.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @confab: Perhaps they're not actually allowed to show pictures of it?

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Lenovo for me. I have owned many IBM thinker pads. Always tough and dependable. the t42 is 4 years old and still kicking ~2 hours on the old battery! That flat black rubberized finish hides its age and abuse. MBA looks like with will shatter like a CD if touched wrong.

Viva La Volvo

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Performance over sexiness thank you. Although I wouldn't mind both

FP ph15h

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @jibbly OSX is far more secure and stable than Windows. And as far as data encryption goes, you can set up FileVault to encrypt your hard drive.

@nikepir People like you are what give Windows faithful a bad name. What evidence is there that you can get more done on a Windows machine than a Mac? Personally, I found my productivity/efficiency skyrocketed when switched over.

weskroesbergen

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @jibbly: Heck, it's not even about the demographic anymore. Some of the bullet points in this chart are flat out wrong.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> This has to be something for Lenovo internal use only. It's certainly not professional enough to have come from their marketing department.

bailey_ca

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @Xenocide: Not to mention they have some pretty good 3rd party techs(me). but so does apple but you only get one year.

j4sk868

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> This is something for internal use by Lenovo, right? It certainly didn't come from the marketing department.

bailey_ca

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> LOL! Silly Lenovo, what kind of bullshit is this?

Why is the 1.6 and 1.8GHz processor options a negative for the Air when the Thinkpad has a 1.2GHz with no option for anything higher?

Why the fuck is iLife put under external USB options?

Why is the backlit keyboard a NEGATIVE for the MBA?

Why are the details on the Air's external construction omitted?

I'm sure some fanboy out there will take this all as gospel.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Reading the specs of the IBM, it appears that it only has an 800MHz processor. Is that correct??

@chibimagic: I agree, why is the thicker laptop listed as thin and vice versa. That's just silly.

toddgarvin

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @j4sk868: The Lenovo service plan is generally great.

Xenocide

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nathangimpel: baby it don't matta if yo black oh white. it's what's insiiiiide.

wesrubix

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> I'm really impressed with Lenovo's impartiality in comparing the two laptops.

Samifumi

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> The gals at Club Porn wants theirs thick.

dragonmojo

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nutbastard: You need to make it cheaper, and with backwards compatibility, oh and 2.0 specs and PiP and DTS support, then make it smaller with less power hungry components. I hate and love you BluRay.

jibbly

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Also, the x300 comes standard with a 3 year onsite warranty. The MacBook air comes with just a 1 year warranty with no onsite service. Food for thought.

j4sk868

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nikeplr: "I agree wid Jason...these 2 are not fightin for the same credit cards....X300 is perfect for on the move business users who actually need to get some work done"

I don't think picking either of these will prevent you from getting your job done.

ripfire

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @chibimagic: Yeah, my Lenovo sales rep sent this to me. Its sort of odd how they compared some things.

Dont really care for the x300 or MBA. I needs a more powerful computer and as long as both of them break and they need me to repair them, that i love them both equaly!

j4sk868

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @chibimagic:
"And calling it '0.73-0.92" thin' (Lenovo) does NOT make it thinner than something that's '0.16-0.76" thick' (Air)."

I love marketing.

That's what 4 years at a liberal arts college for a marketing degree gets you. If IBM wanted spin-free specs they could have had an engineer write it and saved themselves some $$


bpatten

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Was this chart actually released by Lenovo? There's so many things wrong with it.

Is green supposed to highlight the Lenovo's features? If so, "Yes Bluetooth" shouldn't be in green, since the MacBook Air also has it, and it's even listed on it chart.

While both have the same size screen, the Lenovo has higher resolution, which should be a point in its favor.

Also, the MacBook Air actually does have an IR port, which the chart gets wrong - it's the little dark spot on the front right side of the case.

And calling it '0.73-0.92" thin' (Lenovo) does NOT make it thinner than something that's '0.16-0.76" thick' (Air).

chibimagic

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Your welcome.

-Justin

j4sk868

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @ripfire4: good idea.

imTheKing

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nutbastard: True. But obviously you'd want to choose against doing that.... haha

imTheKing

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> I wish they do a drop test to see which one can withstand the impact from 2 feet (height of desk).

ripfire

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> I agree wid Jason...these 2 are not fightin for the same credit cards....X300 is perfect for on the move business users who actually need to get some work done...MBA is for the pretty users lookin for a matching laptop,which is no doubt quite powerful but X300 is more function oriented...
@SMG3er: LOL!

nikeplr

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @jibbly:
ah just a cheap shot at the OS

@imTheKing:
they both (can) run windows

nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> One runs Windows.... I'll take the Macbook Air

imTheKing

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Yo, SigmundTheSeaMonster...[sarcasm]I know what you mean. I hate it when I sitting down somewhere, open my Thinkpad and it auto-detects the wireless network and connects with the push of a button and offers to create a profile for the location.[/sarcasm]

I don't understand all the Thinkvantage haters. I find them to be extremely useful...especially Access Connections and the Presentation Director.

Nooorm

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nutbastard: I'm not sure what you mean by the security remark...is this in regards to the OS vulnerabilities or data security?

jibbly

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Sure helps when you group your categories, huh?

AhnyerKeester

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nutbastard: Clearly this is marketing at it's best, but I think the point with the gps is that you CAN get it internal on the x300. Of course, they should have listed the gps on the MBA as External, because it's not like it's impossible to plug a gps into the MBA

bpatten

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @confab:
but they dont - every "Advantage" column entry gives the award to the X300 - even for patently obvious contradictions like the "Lighter, better battery life" entry when, as someone pointed out, the two are mutually exclusive.

nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> If they're going to knock the MBA for not having things like GPS, then they need to include GPS in the price of the X300. If they're simply offering the same stuff at the same price, I fail to see how that makes the X300 'better'

Better security? Yeah, well, you're going to need it.

They could at least throw a couple bones to make this seem somewhat unbiased - like the fact that the X300 has no multitouch, or that the MBA gives you the option of OS X / Vista / XP.

Then theres the points they make such as "No Firewire" that applies to both. Why not say "No Floppy Drive" if they're going to go through and list the things neither of them has?

nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> I like black. But, Lenovo's True Vantage drivers and software are C R A P on wifi... The Airbook will integrate easily with an Airport network. The Thinkpad's I've setup require removing most of the Think Vantage software. (failed to mention support and ease of configuration where the Apple shines).
Still, Apple designs form over function. Don't you get it, yet?

SigmundTheSeaMonster

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nathangimpel: True. But far more functional.

I would take a Air over the X300 though, and I am a windows user.

Inepsa

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> only 800Mhz? That's slow!

Noobs-R-Us

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> A picture of the macbook air is conspicuously missing in the side by side comparison. Still it's impressive to see them give props to the MBA on some points.

confab

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Heh, "hella ugly." Because I like to buy my computers for their looks, not overall performance. Who needs to get work done when you can just sit there with a nice looking computer?

SMG3er

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> @nathangimpel: yep, because when business is concerned- its all form over function.

/sarcasm

That Dude

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> The battery bit is a little silly. Lighter, better battery life. Well not really. Its one or the other with the specs listed there.

kosikutioner

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> As much as I like the X300, I feel like they're really reaching here. Why bother making this chart when they're not competeing for the same demographic?

jibbly

]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo's Official X300 Comparison vs. MacBook Air Shows Why It's Better For Business Dudes]]> Too bad the Lenovo is hella ugly, especially compared to the Air.

nathangimpel

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