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Porsche Designs a Laptop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-just-silly dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Cnet is reporting that BestBuy is selling a porsche designed widescreen ultra thin laptop the looks almost exactly like a Tibook. Sadly, it runs windows so no one will actually want to use one for real work, but it looks pretty cool for minesweeper. Ah, I guess that the TiBook is no longer a status symbol if you can run Windows on it. It has all the trimmings, like those "made for windows 2k stickers" that get the screen all nasty when you close it."

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  1. Pathetic by waldoj · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I expect Mac rip-offs from companies like Compaq and eMachines. But Porche? It's bad enough that they've designed a laptop for Best Buy. (What business is Porche in, anyhow?) But to just blatently rip off the TiBook design is pathetic.

    -Waldo Jaquith

    1. Re:Pathetic by Faggot · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Ripping off unique Apple designs is not just pathetic, it's inevitable. I'm glad someone still takes design chances with their hardware -- it comes out quite well very often. :)

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    2. Re:Pathetic by uncoveror · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What is even worse was that this "news" story was a blatant advertisement. Is Best Buy paying Cnet and Slashdot for it? How about Porche?

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  2. Bash, Bash, Bash by timothy_m_smith · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is hard to take this post seriously when all it does is bash Windows. It is fine not to like you Windows, but you don't have to make it that using Windows is the crime of the century.

    1. Re:Bash, Bash, Bash by mocktor · · Score: 4, Insightful

      not that i'm particularly pro-ms, but...

      Sadly, it runs windows so no one will actually want to use one for real work

      Exactly what planet are you living on? Last time i looked the majority of computer users do 100% of their computing in windows.

      Comments like this in the front page of /. jsut serve ro make the linux/open source community look like a bunch of sulky children because *their* os doesn't come installed.

    2. Re:Bash, Bash, Bash by FortKnox · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This is from an anonymous reader. So Taco could of done what some other editors sometimes do. They post the link with their own words, instead of the posters. No one is going to get hurt (hey, if they cared, they woulda posted logged in), so make it a story that doesn't make Linux users look like the whiny children no one wants to listen to.

      Warning: Typical FK rant to follow:
      Honestly, people, if you want people to switch from Windows to Linux, you have to support Linux, not bash MS. All bashing does is make you look immature. Think about it. What does Linus say about Windows? He doesn't care? You mean he hates it right? What? Doesn't care one way or the other? Maybe you should too...

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    3. Re:Bash, Bash, Bash by cduffy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The worst part is that the most vocal types are frequently the least knowledgeable. Even among the Linux users, "windoze"-bashing fanboys are a rarity -- but they're so vocal that we all get tarred with the same brush.

  3. what a troll by PissedOffGuy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    from the post:

    Sadly, it runs windows so no one will actually want to use one for real work

    and:

    It has all the trimmings, like those "made for windows 2k stickers" that get the screen all nasty when you close it.

    what do stickers have to do with anything? and whats the point of saying you cant do work on it? are those comments just so CmdrTaco will put the story up? slashdot is pathetic.

  4. Windows- so what by rgmoore · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what if the thing comes with Windows. If you really dislike Windows that much, you can always wipe the hard drive and install your favorite *nix distribution- Redhat, Debian, FreeBSD, etc. I realize that you're still paying the MS tax, but the overall price still works out to less than a TiBook.

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  5. Still lacks something... by AIXadmin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    After the iMac came out. Every company did a nock off. They all failed. Now there is a nock off of the Apple Titantium Power Book. I think it will fail too. And not just because this economy sucks.

    Because it lacks that certain refinment that makes the Apple Titantium Power Book so nice. Same with the majority of Apple's products. There is a certain attention to detail that shows up in the product from Apple, that you don't find in other vendors products. That is what makes Apple's products special.

  6. Ugly ?! by ANTI · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it me or is this thing really ugly ?

    I didn't even read the specs.
    The picture just scared me off.

    OK,

    I just read the specs now.
    15" display ?
    1280x854 resolution ?
    Slot-in CD/DVD ?

    No 3D acceleration ?

    Common, for that money I can buy a ThinkPad A30p and that actually looks sleek....

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    On the other side of the screen it all looked so easy.
  7. Jesus, what is wrong with you L.Z.'s?!!! by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you're gonna pay the premium to buy an Apple notebook, why the hell would you put Linux on it when you've got a perfectly crunchy BSD distro in Mac OS X?!! If you're going to put Linux on a notebook, go for the hardware with the most bang for the buck.

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  8. Re:Mind numbing by RailGunner · · Score: 5, Insightful
    As someone who's posted several Anti-Microsoft posts, let me agree with you. Bashing Windows or Microsoft because you think it's "l33t" to do so only pisses off the people who we are trying to convert to Linux. If the message is "Use Linux Instead of Windows" then back it up with reasons WHY (like better stability, better performance on legacy hardware, cost, OpenOffice, KDE, GNOME, The GIMP, etc.)

    The fact that this Porchse Design laptop comes with Windows pre-installed in and of itself should not be a knock againt the laptop. Knock the look of the laptop, or the weight, or the keyboard layout, or the hardware specs..Besides, how hard it it to just wipe the drive and install the distro of your choice?

    Face it, companies are going to pre-install Windows to reach the largest target market - that is, until the Linux community can convince enough people to switch to where MS doesn't have such a dominance over the desktop.

    But please, stop the insane "Everything Microsoft Does Sucks" mantra. Some Microsoft Technology is very good, though it usually doesn't take long for the open source community to come up with something better. Instead of mindlessly bashing Microsoft, it's better to praise the excellent alternatives that Linux offers - OpenOffice, KDE, GNOME, The Gimp, the GNU development tools, the cost or lack thereof, the abscence of restrictions on concurrent IP connections (*cough*cough*Win NT 4 Professional*cough*cough*) and the list goes on and on.. sell people on the idea that by switching to Linux, they're getting a superior platform.

  9. Does it have... by alispguru · · Score: 4, Insightful

    TiBook battery life?
    TiBook operating temperature?

    Considering it's based on a 2 GHz P4-M, I seriously doubt it.

    TiBook sleep and wake behavior?

    If it's running Windows or any Linux, I doubt it. One of the reasons I use an iBook is its wake from sleep time (two seconds) and its reliable sleep and wake behavior. I have NEVER lost work due to failure to wake from sleep, and my uptime is routinely in the multi-week range - I only reboot to install OS upgrades.

    They can copy the chassis, but hardware/software fit and finish is MUCH harder to copy.

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