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UH FA Porche is NOT a spin off of porche. Its just Ferdenand Porche who happens to be related to the Porche Family. FA Porche is not a spin off of anything. He is a designer who got his start in the family business(cars) and then started his own company. http://www.vprmatrix.com/difference_design.asp OMG is ASP don't look.

Check out vprMatrix. These x86 laptops are fairly decent in quality (my ~3 year old laptop still works great), and they're designed by F. A. Porsche GmbH. The thing has style.

This is hardly a first... VPR Matrix supplied Porsche designed laptops to Best Buy (they still do, I think). They were pretty far from flashy, with a gray/silvery exterior and a staid black interior shell. I owned one for a few months, and it was a wonderful performer, and always caught people's eyes (without the startup sound and bright red paint).

I've got a VPR Matrix 175B4. After a bit of research I found out my laptop is basically a Samsung P10. I'm a huge fan of Samsung so one could probably imagine my elation at this discovery.

What I'm getting at (in a very roundabout way) is a certain laptop I've managed to both hold and see in use here in the states. The Samsung X10. Like the Panasonic Toughbook W2 in that it's both light and unattainable via the usual channels, this computer was a site to behold. I'd like to see any Samsung laptop on the market (as I've found them to more often than not be both marvels in design and technology). Anyone else feel the same way?

<< Jonathan

http://www.vprmatrix.com/products_notebook_200A5.a sp

Ehm. Straight from "

This is the philosophy that underlies all the work of F. A. Porsche, the grandson of the legendary car designer, Prof. Ferdinand Porsche. The starting point for F. A. Porsches design activities was the Porsche car company in Stuttgart, where in 1963, he provided the body of the Porsche 911 with its inimitable lines. Then in 1972, F. A. Porsche began his own design firm, Porsche Design GmbH in Austria."

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Porsche Design GmbH designed the entire vpr Matrix system, including notebooks, desktop CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers. The classic and angular look of vpr Matrix is in striking contrast to the current trend of rounded PC designs.
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It says they are Wholly Owned. I don't know if "owned" is a word I want associated with any computer I buy. ;P

The article also says it's a Best Buy computer. The notebook was made by vpr Matrix.

Here's their web site

And here's images of their products.

And their site states that their whole line is designed by F.A. Porche. Apparently they do all sorts of this stuff, and have even done a monitor for Samsung.

I think they're ugly, and this story is definately not news.

The article also says it's a Best Buy computer. The notebook was made by vpr Matrix.

Here's their web site

And here's images of their products.

And their site states that their whole line is designed by F.A. Porche. Apparently they do all sorts of this stuff, and have even done a monitor for Samsung.

I think they're ugly, and this story is definately not news.

hmmm, bad html I guess.
Try: vpr Matrix

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