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ASUS' ZenBook 3 Is Thinner, Lighter and Faster Than the MacBook (engadget.com)
At the ongoing Computex trade show in China, Asus unveiled the ZenBook 3 laptop. The ZenBook 3's chassis measures 11.9mm while the whole body weighs 910g. At the event, the company's executive said that ZenBook 3 is better than both MacBook Air and the 12-inch MacBook. As for the specifications, the ZenBook 3, which is crafted from aerospace-grade aluminum alloy, sports a 12.5-inch full-HD display (1920x1080 pixels), and offers up to Core i7 processor, 16GB of 2133MHz RAM, up to a 1TB PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSD, a next-gen USB Type-C port (for power and data transfer), powerful quad-speaker audio by Harman Kardon, and a fingerprint scanner. Do note that there is only one USB port on the device. The entry-level variant featuring Core i5 processor, 256GB of SSD and 4GB of RAM is priced at 999, while the top-of-the-line model will set you back by $1,999. Asus also had nice things to say about the keyboard, though Engadget's reporter was not impressed. More details here.
Looking out how the great shrink has been progressing, I predict that that 12 inch MacBook Pro will completely disappear from this Universe in about a decade. You can still go out an buy it however since it will be infinitely thin and light, you won't be able see or use it.
You'll just have to take Tim's word for it.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
But can it run TextWrangler? What I really need is a machine that will run QuickTime, TextWrangler, iTunes and Safari.
people (who aren't programmers looking for a Unix that works) buy Mac books because they're a Veblen good. At least that was the reason my college bound kid had when pressed for it.
Well, Macs don't have systemd - so their Unix is obviously broken anyway.
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