Originally posted by: ElFenix
i really like the spec sheet on these. i think i'd like the 14" model. or i could spend 2x as much and get a macbook. or 3x as much and get a somewhat portable gaming laptop (dell studio xps 16) with 1/3 the battery life.
frankly battery life is probably more important than gaming.
decisions decisions.
I've been trying to figure out which way I'm gonna go for about a week, XPS 16, Macbook Pro/Air, something else. I ended up ordering the 13" Timeline with the 80GB SSD. Should be about the perfect size for me. Definitely not a primary computer, but it should be a perfect complement for a desktop. I probably would have ended up with the Macbook Pro as my sole/primary, but the low screen resolution, mini-displayport annoyance, and I don't want to try to get acclimated to a Mac right now (and battery life suffers way too much under Vista/XP) made me decide against it, and with the Air being double the price while only offering improvement in performance (faster CPU and GPU), its not something I need, especially at the expense of battery life. I think the SSD should help make the system feel plenty snappy and I don't have a need for high storage (and a 2.5" external drive is pretty cheap and would be easy enough to slip in with the rest of it).
Gaming isn't even a consideration for me though (I'd game on console or upgrade the desktop, but the only PC game I'm much interested in is Diablo 3 and who knows when it'll be out so it wouldn't make sense to buy with it in mind).
Originally posted by: IlllI
looks like more companies are jumping on the bandwagon
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lenovo has some models out with that cpu as well
ideapad "u series" (u350 and u450)
Yeah, I'm liking how much competition is starting to heat up in the actually really portable laptop market (newer netbooks with longer than 2-3 hour battery life included). What's great is that things are only going to get better. I actually was thinking, no hold off, there'll be new better ones even this year, let alone early next, but then figured I'd just jump on this, instead of waiting.
Oh, you can now get the 14z from Dell, which is right in line with these and the Lenovo's, although I think you can still get better value from the Acer's.