Hot laptops you can't get yet
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Engadget)
Not one, but two of the upcoming laptops we're most excited about made unexpected appearances on the Interwebs this morning.
The Dell XPS m1330--rumored, leaked, and then finally half-confirmed by Dell (in their infamous "23 Confessions")--showed up again today on Engadget, with several new photos and a rumored ship date (from a "trusted insider") of July 10.
This extra-thin 13-inch looks like a real step in the right direction for Dell in terms of laptop design; leaked images have been circulating online for a while.
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Akihabara News)
Perhaps even more exciting was an Akihabara News story showing the eagerly anticipated Toshiba Portege R500 in the wild (in, of all places, Paris). Arguably the lightest full-sized laptop in the world at 2.4 pounds and 0.77-inches thick, the 12-inch R500 was officially announced in early June--but has yet to ship to customers.
That's a tiny step closer to reality for two of the sweetest-looking laptops we've seen in a while. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before we have both of them in hand.
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I felt a bit betrayed.
Come on Crave, spill the beans. Why do you think they're so hot? Gamble. State your opinion. Specifics this time, no fluff.
Don't just send us to more web pages with advertising we have to weed through.
Or maybe 2.4 pound, 0.77 inch thick laptops are normal in your area or in Apple's MacBook or MacBook Pro line?
- So what makes these laptops so incredible?
- by IncognitoCntrl June 24, 2007 2:44 PM PDT
- When I saw the link for this, I thought I'd see an article reporting what was so "hot" about these machines. No go.
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- Maybe thickness, design and weight?
- by Fil0403 June 28, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
- For someone who criticises Crave of not being clear and sepcific, you should look yourself in the mirror because you were the one who wasn't that clear: unlike what you say, when you saw the link for this, you didn't think you'd see an article reporting what was so "hot" about these machines (because anyone who knows how to read can see what's so "hot" about these machines"), you probably thought you'd see a common web page with Apple Macs advertising, instead of hot PC's.
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(4 Comments)I felt a bit betrayed.
Come on Crave, spill the beans. Why do you think they're so hot? Gamble. State your opinion. Specifics this time, no fluff.
Don't just send us to more web pages with advertising we have to weed through.
Or maybe 2.4 pound, 0.77 inch thick laptops are normal in your area or in Apple's MacBook or MacBook Pro line?