Thin & Light Notebooks
 

guess that's what they're calling 'em these days

a bit more cumbersome than a tablet, but... you can do real work on them

Apple kicked the genre off, but they are saying that the Samsung Series 9 Notebook is thinner & lighter than the Air (if not than air)...

Samsung's Laptop Is Lighter, Thinner Than a MacBook Air [GALLERY]

I used to have sn IBM X41 convertible which was a thin light notebook (by the standards then) with a touchscreen that could turn over and fold down, converting the notebook into a tablet. I loved that thing. It had the PC problems of limited battery life and slow startup, and Win XP Tablet had a lot of problems - but stick an Atom or ARM CPU, SSD, 3G, and a decent tablet OS in it, slim it down with today's technology, and it'd be a great machine - maybe as perfect as the state of the art permits. I like a real keyboard.

Jeez, looks like you can buy one for $600. I'm almost tempted. I wonder if a Pentium M with 1 GB RAM and SSD can run Win 7 decently?

"Apple kicked the genre off," ...uhmmm... NO.

Sony has it going on, for light weight ..

Sony VAIO X-series --carbon fiber --1.5 lbs from --11.1" display --3G thru Verizon (circa 2009)


There is also the P-series (pocketable) 1.5 Lbs, but it's a mini notebook.

I wonder if Thinkpad has anything new to deal with the Samsung...

Lenovo no longer offers S/P-DIF output.

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Sony VAIO Z Series (VPCZ114GX/S) review -- Engadget

I'm typing this on the MacBook Pro 13.3 that I bought last year; it is very thin and light. I carry it in my pack and never know it was there, compared to my Sony Vaio K35 which was 8.5 pounds, and had a two pound brick. The two were more than TWICE what I weighed at birth!

I went to buy a MacBook Air, but when I used the Air and the 13.3 Pro...I realized that the tiny weight advantage of the Air was irrelevant, and I like having a DVD drive.

-This computer puts that stupid Sony Vaio [3.08 ghz processor...] away as if it was a chevette racing my 928. I'm serious- that is a good metaphor for a speed comparison of these two computers! The Apple product works SO MUCH BETTER it isn't even funny!

I can't say much about OS ["Snow Leopard"], other than it occasionally pisses me off....but the computer works so much better that it more than makes up for it.

N!

MacBook Air = 2.3 lbs.

MacBook Pro 13.3 = 4.5 lbs.

ThinkPad X1 = 3.7 lbs.
- battery life not as good; not as thin as McAir; very bright display; good keyboard
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/thinkpad-x1-is-now-my-franchise-keyboard/2505?tag=content;search-results-rivers

I am not seeing a big advantage to the ThinkPad X-1...http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1306530228.jpg

Have a new Macbook Air with the SSD and 13" screen. LOVE IT. Have had it in a backback all over the world and hardly even know its there. Great machine and fast as hell.

that is exactly what I'm thinking of getting

is your keyboard backlit on that thing?

I can use it as an opening wedge into the Apple fan boy world.

I'm wondering if the pressure form the Win Thin & Light notebooks is enough to pressure them into some new version tho...

Keyboard is not backlit, if I recall correctly. They are getting ready or did just release a version with the new Sandy Bridge processor.

Edit: Possibly next month MacBook Air 'Sandy Bridge' Update in June? - Mac Rumors

thx - I can hold out until June (!)

Intel wants to define a "new" category - the "Ultrabook"

Intel pushes new category of thin laptops, Ultrabooks - TechSpot News

i5s are much faster than Core Duos FWIW.

The i5 at 2.5 is ~40% faster give or take than the C2D at 2.1.

That and the weight are the only two big differences.

The bigger SSD vs. cheaper price washes those out.

thx

this Toshiba won an award in the thin & light category:

http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=226183&page=1&zoomIdx=1

does not use SSDs, had a HDD and ~~ $800