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Do you buy your laptops primarily to look at them, or to use them?
by jarek 15y ago
Do you buy your laptops primarily to look at them, or to use them?
- zachrose 15y agoFalse dichotomy.
- jarek 15y agoI wasn't trying to imply this is a strictly either-or choice. That's why I said primarily.
- hvass 15y agoDo you buy your car to look at it or drive it? Etc, etc, etc...
- piramida 15y agobut if your car looks like a toilet with wheels it is no fun to drive. everything matters, function, form, feeling.
- jarek 15y agoA lot of people hated the most toilet-like car I can think of, the 1998 Fiat Multipla. It still sold a whole lot, and I personally liked it. Making design pronouncements is a tricky business.
- stevenbedrick 15y agoFrom what I understand, a big part of the appeal of the MBA is that it's light and thin enough that you can basically forget that you've got it in your bag. For people who travel a lot, that's a big deal. For some users, then, the laptop's physical attributes (dimensions, etc.) are important aspects of the machine's overall usability.
- runjake 15y agoyou can basically forget that you've got it in your bag Except you can't, because you're worried about crushing it, due to a relatively frail case, or you're worried about scratching it because it looks pretty. This is why I ditched an MBA and carry around a netbook.
- loupgarou21 15y agoOne of my clients is swapping all of their sales people out of their windows laptops and into MacBook Airs because the sales people just need office and a web browser and the airs are far more impressive looking. I have another client where the sales people have windows laptops, but they're not allowed to bring them to client meetings, instead they have to bring their iPads. Sometimes form _is_ more important than function.