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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 2:57 pm
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I think I want one of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7H0K1k54t6A
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 3:04 pm
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Other than "looks cool", I don't see any advantage of these over a regular thin laptop. Plus, more parts that can break...
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 4:08 pm
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That's an interesting exercise in industrial design, but I would still need something to hold other items such as a pad of paper and a few file folders. I can stick those in a neoprene case with my little Lenovo X100e and I'm good to go with very little bulk. Perhaps this is more of an entertainment device.
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 7:06 pm
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Originally Posted by milepig
That's cool and all, but my Macbook Air is definitely slimmer and that whole caboodle plus it's real and actually exists.
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 5:17 am
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and my MSI is the same size as your Air and cost a third of the price.
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 12:20 pm
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I can just see the expression on the face of a TSA officer when you ask him if it needs to be unrolled.

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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 8:40 pm
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Can you say...vaporware? Even the walking guy is fake.

Although, I did kind of like his butt.
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 9:20 pm
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I can just see the expression on the face of a TSA officer when you ask him if it needs to be unrolled.

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They probably wouldn't know what to think!

OTOH, it is an interesting design, but I'll stick with my 15" MacBook Pro and my Lenovo..
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Old May 1, 2010 | 4:31 pm
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and my MSI is the same size as your Air and cost a third of the price.
Your MSI doesn't run Mac OS X (well). But I digress...
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Old May 2, 2010 | 1:38 pm
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It could if I wanted it to, but then again I have not been a Mac guy for over a decade now.
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