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apple was a latecomer to the thin and light category. FYI.
by spot 15y ago
apple was a latecomer to the thin and light category.
FYI.
- rsynnott 15y agoIt was one of the innovators in _affordable_ thin and light, though. While there were very light and thin laptops prior to the Air, they were usually either netbooks, or terribly expensive. Of course, so was the first-gen Air; the second one was really the interesting one.
- spot 15y agonope, there were plenty of options like the Dell X1 (2.5lbs, 2005) and Sony VAIO Z (3.3lbs, 2000). these were mainstream and affordable and functional. the first air came in 2008.
- bunderbunder 15y agoThe X1 was light, but it was not thin. Perhaps thinner than other notebooks that Dell was making at the time. But compared to a MacBook Air, any computer that has room to stack two USB ports on top of each other is a friggin' elephant.
- rsynnott 15y agoWhat did the Vaio Z cost on release? My impression was that it, and all of Sony's ultra-small laptops, were always terrifyingly expensive. The current Vaio Z, certainly, starts at just under $2000.
- protomyth 15y ago1992 was pretty early http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo