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Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Imminent — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:08:31 -0000

Flawed article. Inaccurate title. There are plenty of vague references and numbers pulled from other pieces. I didn't realize CNN money published fiction. I'm sorry...what was this article about again?

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

madrox — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:09:04 -0000

Wait until we run out of the rare earth minerals to make all of this. Or when China closes the door and rapes us with charges to get it from them.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

madrox — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:07:56 -0000

I could take the same amount of money you paid for your mac laptop and put it into a Windows laptop and blow yours away in every spec. If you know how to load and run a PC there is no comparison.

You mac people are just brainwashed sheeple and zealots.

Macs don't get viruses..really...google that and enjoy the face palm.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

madrox — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:04:52 -0000

There is a place and use for PC's, laptops and tablets. I'd be fine using my cell phone to power a hybrid laptop or something as long as I have access to the things I need like USB devices, storage, large screen and keyboard. What devices I use I am less concerned with as long as I have the tools I need.

Being a Network Engineer a tablet to me is a toy and has really no place in my day to day work. Sure its fun to remote into something or use it for Citrix stuff..but really I need real tools, not a toy.

I'll be the last defiant one to give up my laptop and PC's but I also am not so blind to know I cant move forward with technology especially with a career in IT.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

American503 — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:50:45 -0000

I dont think the PC needs saving, but thanks

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

llewyn — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:29:35 -0000

Ultrabooks will NOT save the PC! What is wrong with these analysts? People DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY to spend $1000.00 on a laptop! The Macbook Air is a special case. It will never work.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Charles Jones — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:20:30 -0000

I completely agree, but in 5 years it's going to be pretty hard to even find desktop parts and processors to build a decent PC, much less a major manufacturer to build one for you. The industry is already dominated by smaller form PC's, whether in touch or laptop format, so less money will is being invested in full size, more is being put in small size. If you grew up in the 80's and 90's like me, then you remember the same thing happened with the gaming world, arcades used to be the state of the art, then eventually technology caught up and what you played at the arcades you may as well wait until it's released on the console a year later. Now, all you see is 15 year old Midway games at Walmart. Anyway, all I'm saying is the future is in SOC, and Intel, nVidia, TI all know this.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Charles Jones — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:59:02 -0000

So Apple invented the SSD drive, Core i3- i5 chips, USB 3.0? I wasn't tracking that. Awesome, way to go Steve Jobs, you've managed to brainwash everyone in the tech industry press.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Balakrishnan Sekar — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:16:24 -0000

Great Article!!

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Kristen Dyak — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:50:55 -0000

Great Article!

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

MichaelK — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:46:45 -0000

1+1 = 2

0+1= 1

You can't more more from less.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

MichaelK — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:45:14 -0000

W7, runs smooth, no bloat ware, no extra crap. Heck, looking at an apple UI makes me want to shot myself, it is that confusing. Drop the Vista, and get W7. Windows based PC's are cheaper and more productive. and quite frankly it all depends on the parts, the parts in my pc are good so it is good.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

MichaelK — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:43:05 -0000

Let's put it this way. Can you do anything intensive on an iPad? No, unless you are some idiot who enjoys hurting himself or herself.

Mac PC's, eh..why would i spend 2K on a Mac that can't even keep up with my PC which costs half as much. In short, Mac's are the choice of idiotic hipster liberal art students who end up poor in NYC. That is the prime user of Mac's, artists. The only group that isn't stupid are programmers, Mac's can be better at that in certain fields.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Jawshk — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:05:11 -0000

Apple has less virus security, more bloat ware (what do you call all those little apps they give you?) less performance, less features

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

broomhandle5 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:00:53 -0000

thats a bold statment. technology always changes.

and people buy laptops to type and go on the internet. most people do not need the power, plus desktops use more energy....

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Matt Malinoski — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:22:06 -0000

Netbook, Ultrabook, Apple or not I still call them laptops in the end.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Wingman0 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:00:19 -0000

So a Macbook air running Snow Leopard or Lion works darn well. How about the same thing trying to run Windows and all it's bloat ware, virus crap, etc. Good luck!

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

Wingman0 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:59:23 -0000

I feel you and hope this doesn't take place unless the mic comes with a cone of silence. Cell phone calls are bad enough. Now you want our hang outs full of people trying to yell over each other as they attempt to "work"? No thanks. It's bad enough in cube jungles with speaker phones everywhere. We don't need this in our private time too.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

kuba9301 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:15:41 -0000

The day Apple signed with Intel there devices where no long Apples they have become just like anyother laptop. The great thing Apple had going for themselves before they signe with Intel was their chipsets and processors they were made ny motorolla you couldn't but a laptop with a Motorola chipset only Apple had them. Today they are just like Windows an Operation system. I can Install windows on an Ipad if I want and i won't have any issues because the Intel processors are also windows supported. So it really doesn't make a difference to Apple because you can very well buy an acer and use OSX on it aswell. Eventually Apple will most likely result in selling their operating system just like Microsoft.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

kuba9301 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:08:25 -0000

A PC will Always no matter what be more more powerful then a portable version. The answer is simple you cannot make from less more!. My Quad core PC will always be more powerful then the laptop version for the simple reason that my goal for a mobile device is to make it last as long as possible on battery power where as my PC uses a lovely 750W power supply to function. Have drawing that kind of power from a Battery.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

TruthRevealed — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:04:37 -0000

I stand corrected from my earlier comment. Apple was the first to MARKET them, not 'first on the market'. In other words they convinced the masses that NOW we need this stuff. Not in to portability myself, especially while I watch people's lives completely consumed in social networking. Zombies are real.

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TruthRevealed — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:01:11 -0000

Apple didn't invent sizing down electronics, they just the first on the market with them. Big whoop. Geez you act like Apple is your own personal company. There is NO true originality in this world. Every idea is based on something else.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

SteveWebb — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:46:15 -0000

"the Dell's, HP's, Compaq's, etc" started out as IBM "cloners". Cloning is what they do best. Now that IBM is no longer in the PC business, the cloners need another leader.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

SteveWebb — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:40:28 -0000

"Apple didn't invent the ... desktop...."

That would depend on your definition of "desktop". I believe the Apple Computer was the first personal computer to include a keyboard and video output. Before the Apple, you needed a console or remote terminal to access a computer.

Re: Ultrabooks could save the PC - Nov. 28, 2011

mrbluiis — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:11:12 -0000

I'm sorry but I don't want to listen to people's conversations now, I really don't like that idea!