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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 7:25 am
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Originally Posted by msb0b
Has anyone noticed the resemblence between Air and Intel's Metro Notebook concept released May last year? Metro achieved 0.7" thickness, 0.06" less than Air. It weighs in at 2.25 lbs, a more reasonable weight for ultrathin ultramobile. I can't find details on other specs.

Intel is not in the business of marketing and selling notebook computers. They would have been a big hit if they do sell it.
Yeah, you are not the only one that noticed it:

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travel...en-you-before/

I'm convinced Intel did the hard work on the Air, and Apple just designed the outside of it. The specs of the Metro are identical to the new Macbook...
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