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nobody is immune to marketing. Not even linus torvald. thinkpads are ok (if you stay in the T series) and asus eeepc1000 was years ahead of any mac at the time
by gcb 14y ago
nobody is immune to marketing. Not even linus torvald.
thinkpads are ok (if you stay in the T series) and asus eeepc1000 was years ahead of any mac at the time. heck the air is a copy of that machine with a less plastic-ey case.
but neither asus nor lenovo buy billboards in times square and hollywood blvd, or center fold wired.
anyone that swears to buy apple after researching for the best is just a sad victim of marketing. Sadder as they will never accept it.
- sceptre 14y agoNo wonder you are getting downvoted. HN and sadly the majority of Mac users are 'wanna bes'. Paying more money and justifying it by attacking users who speak the truth is their forte.
- batista 14y ago>anyone that swears to buy apple after researching for the best is just a sad victim of marketing. Sadder as they will never accept it. The quality is not about the cpu/ram/hd specs (which are mighty fine in the MBA). Are those other computers as thin? As light? Some are? Cool. Are those also made of a solid chunk of aluminum? No? Bad. Do they have the highest quality touchpad? No? Bad. Do they feature a very usable "chicklet" keyboard? No? Bad? Do they have the same resolution and display quality? No? But it's telling you say that "air is a copy of" eeepc1000. It's nothing like eeepc1000. Actually all the "media pundits" were waiting and asking Apple to produce a netbook like it, and they never did, they made the MBA.
- MattRogish 14y agoThe eeepc1000 was a terrible, terrible device. I have one in my closet. The Airs of the time were/are considerably better.
- kayoone 14y agoeeepc1000 are terrible and have nothing in common with MBAs (not even first generation).