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Intel Sonoma UK Launch Party
Benny writes "Intel held it's UK Sonoma lauch party last night and TrustedReviews have some pictures up of the machines on display including new models from HP, Dell, Samsung, Sony and Asus to mention a few."
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They're not ALL bad.
If you go to the third page of photos, they have two shots of Samsung's entries (X25 and X50). I have the Gateway-branded version of an older model of these (X20, I believe), and I can tell you, it's pretty nice. Slim and light, bright screen, and with enough oomph to get the job done.
Of the models shown, the Samsungs take the cake.
This is all well and good, but fundamentally, what is the difference between Sonoma and older versions of the Centrino chipset? It seems to me that Sonoma hasn't had much of a buzz up to now, and all this article says about it is that it's a"new Centrino platform". If this is just more of the same, I'm not interested . . . but if there's a real difference, could someone point to what that might be?
Sonoma = California Wine Country
I guess it's a step up from the "Mad Dog" release of 2002. (Or the "Weasel Dust" release of 1999.)
Anyone else notice that NONE of these laptops had visible scroll wheels or 3rd mouse buttons? I consider those to be absolutely essential, and it boggles my mind that so few laptops include them, even when you pretty much can't buy a new mouse without one.
I want to know if instead of laptops these might bring about more small form factor computers. I want something the size of a mac mini, but I won't pay for a Mac, I like my operating systems Free and Light
Makes run Linux. That said, I too would like to see both Intel and AMD get their heads out of their butts and start delivering these laptop chipsets for desktop and media machines. I've totally had it with the desktop chernobyl syndrome and will not buy another x86 until they do something about it.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Burger King, Mc Donalds, Carls, Wendys, and 1000 other chains find some slightly different configuration of the SAME food elements, over and over, and over. Meat, bun, lettuce, fries, coke. These guys must come into work every morning and say "jesus h christ how are we gonna get people to buy the same old shit and get excited about it?"
And the answer is their job is easy -- because we as consumers don't demand any creativity. We sit through the same tired special effects extravaganzas at the movies and we are convinced we enjoy it. Disney and Pixar make the same buddy movies over and over and over, and we applaud! Taco Bell crams rice beans and hot sauce into a different sized tortilla and we "run for the border."
So theres your answer my friend, why make something outstanding when good enough is above average? Sony has this HORRIBLE cream and flourescent orange colored electronics line that looks like its right out of The 5th Elements, its god damned ugly but at least they're trying.
Religion is a gateway psychosis. -- Dave Foley
I want something the size of a mac mini, but I won't pay for a Mac, I like my operating systems Free and Light.
Then get Yellowdog and call it a day (admittedly not sure if it runs on the Mac mini yet but the hardware there is pretty standard so it should not be long if it's not there already).
Why suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous PC design when you can have a really well designed fanless Linux box for less than you can cobble most mini-ITx designs together for?
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Why do PC notebook manufactures think more buttons and more lights equals better experience?
This is an area I would love for them to steal from Apple. Simple designs no damn lights. Elegance.