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February 11, 2008
What's Next for Laptops?
I admit it: I'm tired of hearing about the MacBook Air. Apparently, Apple's marketing people believed (and perhaps rightly so) that the only spec that consumers cared about was thickness, as that's the Air's only really exceptional bit ("world's thinnest notebook"). It's not the fastest, the lightest, the longest-running battery, the best screen, the most ports, or any other really meaningful spec...no, just the thinnest. Whee.
But that got me to thinking. What other claims could rival laptops make to pump up their own launches? Here are some I'd like to see:
"World's most symmetric notebook!"
"World's shiniest On button!"
"World's most tapered laptop!"
"World's quietest screen hinge!"
"World's strongest security lock!"
"World's clickiest keyboard!"
"World's longest power cord!"
"World's squarest trackpad!"
"World's fewest USB ports" (actually, with just one, the MacBook Air can claim that, too)