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HTC Shift + ThinkPad X300 + MacBook Air = Perfect Notebook?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the pipe-dreams dept.

Tom's Hardware has an interesting look at the HTC Shift, the newest contender in the ultralight portable arena, with a strong compare and contrast to the other two heavyweights, the ThinkPad X300 and the Macbook Air. "As some of you know, I actually like the Macbook Air but found the Lenovo ThinkPad X300 to be a vastly more useful product in the class. I'm one of the few folks that have been using an early version of the HTC Shift , a smaller screened ultra light tablet with a keyboard and a touch screen which is superior to both offerings in some ways and just released on Amazon.com for $1500 (someone screwed up, this wasn't supposed to happen until next week). This got me thinking: The perfect next generation ultra-sexy notebook should be a blend of all three products."

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  1. Heavyweights? by Microlith · · Score: 4, Funny

    the other two heavyweights, the ThinkPad X300 and the Macbook Air.

    Shouldn't that be "lightweights?"
    1. Re:Heavyweights? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I believe this is what is commonly known as "a joke".

  2. Headline punctuation... by ichthyoboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yr doin' it wrong.

  3. HTC Shift ThinkPad X300 MacBook Air Perfect..... by jayhawk88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Purple Monkey Dishwasher? "Hey I know, instead of thinking of a coherent thought for the title I'll just throw in product names randomly, no one will notice!"

    I know this is Slashdot and the above statement is probably true but come on, at least pretend like you can speak in complete sentences.

  4. Did no one notice? by marcus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This bit was written by the ever adorable Rob Enderle?

    I'm surprised it even made it to the /. front page.

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  5. Riiiiight.... by dazedNconfuzed · · Score: 4, Informative

    has a small 800 x 480 pixel 7" touchscreen

    For the same price I can get an ultraportable (3lbs) Sony VAIO with ~10" screen, real keyboard (only slightly scrunched), 1280x768 screen, and real everything else including optical drive and WAN radio. Heck, I've had two models over 5 years, wishing only for a stronger case and boot-from-USB; I carry it everywhere.

    I'm not sure where the author thinks this toy is usable for anything but an overblown cellphone without the phone.

    Next...

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  6. Re:HTC Shift ThinkPad X300 MacBook Air Perfect.... by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    This slashdot. verb no good here!

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  7. Re:Only machine with a real secure OS by Gentlewhisper · · Score: 4, Funny

    >>In the history of Macs, from 1984 forward, there has never been a single successful remote attack on the OS.
    >>No other operating system on the planet can state that as a medal of honor.

    Ah yes, the mind control broadcast towers are working as planned...

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  8. Re:Only machine with a real secure OS by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    there has never been a single successful remote attack on the OS.

    Put it this way: a really successful remote attack is one which nobody ever learns about, so it's ridiculous to claim that any given operating system has never been exploited. I guarantee that Macs have been cracked at some point in their history. I think it doesn't happen more often because Mac owners don't have anything on them that anyone would want.

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