JCD updated 5 products

JCD — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:57:21 -0500

1. updated Sony VAIO NS Series - November 11, 2008 at 11:57 am

untapped as "want it"
tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"
tapped as "want it"
agreed: "based on the new Intel platform, capable of outputting high definition signal, fast 800MHz ram etc..."
agreed: "slick minimalist design"
disagreed: "poor resolution, can only display 720p - especially for the Blu-ray model"
disagreed: "poor resolution, can only display 720p - especially for the Blu-ray model"
disagreed: "mediocre components, poor performance and battery life "
disagreed: "fairly expensive for what you get"

2. updated Apple Macbook Pro - November 11, 2008 at 11:56 am

agreed: "Major selling points for NVidia dual GPUs are disabled currently: no Hybrid SLI or on-the-fly switching of the two GPUs "
agreed: "Slightly heavier than predecessor "
agreed: "No significant performance upgrades over previous generation "
disagreed: "Better battery life because of LED and Penryn core "
disagreed: "Sleek Macbook Air aluminum styling with clean screen bezel "
disagreed: "Multi-touch glass trackpad "
disagreed: "Thinner than previous gen @ 0.95" "
disagreed: "Chiclet-style keyboard "
disagreed: "LED screen on 15.4" model is brighter than LCD "

3. updated Apple Macbook - November 11, 2008 at 11:55 am

agreed: "still using proprietary video-out (albeit small and cute)"
agreed: "student discount has been reduced from $100 to $50"
agreed: "no firewire! (an artificial way to control consumers )"
agreed: "Apple multi-touch isn't all that impressive compared to the multi-touch you find on much cheaper EEE pcs"
agreed: "no HDMI or Blu-ray options"
agreed: "same old 1280x800 resolution"
agreed: "costs more than the previous MacBooks"
disagreed: "eliminates most of the issues users had with the original design"
disagreed: "half a pound lighter than any previous MacBook"
disagreed: "runs OSX and Windows and Linux and..."
disagreed: "a work of art - nicer and more refined than any other consumer notebook"
disagreed: "full aluminum body, LED backlighting, NVIDIA graphics"

4. updated Apple MacBook Air - November 11, 2008 at 11:54 am

5. updated 2007 Honda Civic Coupe - November 11, 2008 at 11:54 am

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November 11, 2008 at 11:50 am