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2004-09-09, 14:55

Dunno, but somehow Dell's latest laptop reminds me of something... I... I just can't place it... hmmm

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Messiahtosh
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2004-09-09, 15:07

Like half titanium, half iBook, only with a touch of shit.
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2004-09-09, 15:11

I dont know about you guys, but thats how I like my laptops.
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DMBand0026
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2004-09-09, 15:19

I think a side by side comparison is in order here...

First, the TiBook:




Now, the TiBook...I mean, Dell:




More than just a passing resemblance.

So look out Apple, in 3 years Dell will have finally caught up to the AlBooks

Edit:
Messah is right, the bevel around the screen gives it an iBookish look too...



Edit #2:
What the heck is the deal with the headphone and line in jacks being right in front? My dad has a Fujitsu (sp?) notebook setup like that and he can't stand it. It's extremely poorly designed.

Come waste your time with me

Last edited by DMBand0026 : 2004-09-09 at 15:22. Reason: added crap about iBook
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2004-09-09, 15:23

You forgot the shit resemblence.
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2004-09-09, 15:26

For Messah:





Happy?
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2004-09-09, 15:45



It's uncanny!

Seriously, Dell's variant is clunky looking in a not-so-subtle kind of way IMO. Their industrial designers can't hold a candle to anything Apple does, so I wouldn't worry about it. Sony's designers are much more talented.

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DMBand0026
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2004-09-09, 15:54

Well...from the looks of things everyone has been lookin at Apples...



The Sony Vaio S150.

Look, in the sky, it's a Dell, it's a Sony, no! It's a Mac!


Ugly too...they try so hard to copy, but fail so miserably.

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Messiahtosh
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2004-09-09, 15:54

Does Dell do R&D on design? I doubt it.

The only R&D they do is in an effort to figure out how to build the cheapest box, that's it.

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2004-09-09, 16:00

You guys should know by now that there is no R&D at Dell. Intel, Toshiba and Nvidia do all the R&D. All Dell does is package it in a box (design team sourced outside) and put it in a styrophoam package. The only thing ever R&D'd by Dell is there logo, and that sucks, too!
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DMBand0026
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2004-09-09, 16:04

It's true...and the slogan sucks too.

Man, Dell sucks big time!



Easy as what?

If it aint easy as Mac, I'm not interested.

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2004-09-09, 16:20

Have you guys noticed how many commercials use Apple laptops but have the apple on the back blocked some how? They want to make the commercials look good; now I guess the computer companies want to look good too. Too bad they are too stupid to get it right.
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2004-09-09, 16:57






What's this? Ohhh, it must be Sony running out of marketing ideas.
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2004-09-09, 16:58

Looks like it to me.
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DMBand0026
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2004-09-09, 17:08

26,000 songs @ a hefty 56kbps. That sounds like trash to me!

Market your product right, morons.

I like when Walt Mossberg compared that to the iPod, he said it took him just over 4 hours to convert his 400 some test songs to Sony's standard format (the only format the player can read), and it took him 4 minutes to transfer all those songs to the iPod.

Sony sucks

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2004-09-09, 17:11

The rational adult in me wants to say "hey, there are only so many angles you can show a laptop from...and swirly blue stuff makes a nice desktop design, so what? There's no copying of Apple here, people...come on!".

But I know better.

I'd love to visit an alternate universe...one that didn't have Apple (or, specifically, Apple from 1998 on). Anyone here think computers still wouldn't be beige and blocky? Or that digital music and portable mp3 devices wouldn't be the rage they are? That a computer could ever have come in Crayola colors and be a huge hit? That the whole glossy pill button look wouldn't have been run into the ground by every half-ass website and interface designer in existence?

Anyone honestly believe Windows XP would look the way it does had OS X not come along? Seriously? If Mac OS X looked just like OS 9 (and all the improvements/enhancements were strictly under the hood), you know damn good and well Windows XP would still look like Windows 98, ME, 2000, etc. No poochy buttons, no gloss, no shadows, no rounded corners, etc.



It's just kinda laughable and humorous at this point.

If Apple went to all-black computers tomorrow, by February, ever PC maker on the planet would be selling black towers and accessories.
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2004-09-09, 17:17

You're exactly right Paul. Apple is the computer industry, like it or not.

Now everyone needs to work on their websites. Apple's is head and shoulders above the rest. It's amazing going to www.dell.com and seeing that it's really nothing more than a store. They don't pitch their computers, they just sell them, they don't talk themselves up, they just sell. So sterile and unfriendly.

I like a certain level of arrogance in a company, and Apple has that. They're the best and they know it, they aren't afraid to let people know that either. As evidenced by the huge marketing tool that their website is. They have product features, sections on hardware, software, development, their OS, everything. On top of that, it's a store too!

Now they just have to figure out how to market somewhere other than their website and they're all set.

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2004-09-09, 20:14

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Originally Posted by shatteringglass
What's this? Ohhh, it must be Sony running out of marketing ideas.
Boy, its one thing to copy Apple's design ideas, but when you start copying their marketing you are in some deep doggy shit.

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2004-09-09, 22:25

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2004-09-09, 23:26

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Boy, its one thing to copy Apple's design ideas, but when you start copying their marketing you are in some deep doggy shit.

Seriously, that's just sad.
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2004-09-10, 07:26

I think it's cool when Sony copies Apple's marketing. It shows that Sony believes that Apple is a true genius when it come to market...

Ok, I can't keep a straight face

"It's a good thing there's no law against a company having a monopoly of good ideas. Otherwise Apple would be in deep yogurt..."
-Apple Press Release
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2004-09-10, 08:59

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Originally Posted by Crusader
I think it's cool when Sony copies Apple's marketing. It shows that Sony believes that Apple is a true genius when it come to market...

Ok, I can't keep a straight face
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psmith2.0
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2004-09-10, 09:12

If that little green eyeroll guy ever got deleted from the smiley arsenal, poor Messiah wouldn't have much left to say.

I don't know if there are statistics to confirm this, but I'd wager a hefty sum that is used more by Messiah than everyone else here combined!
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2004-09-10, 09:24

He's the Nebagakid :smokey: :smokey: :smokey: :smokey: :smokey: of AldoNova.
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Barto
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2004-09-10, 09:29

This is fun. Where's Nebagakid when you need him?

EDIT: curse you, 709. curse you!
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2004-09-10, 10:44

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Originally Posted by pscates2.0
If that little green eyeroll guy ever got deleted from the smiley arsenal, poor Messiah wouldn't have much left to say.

I don't know if there are statistics to confirm this, but I'd wager a hefty sum that is used more by Messiah than everyone else here combined!
This BB has a database backend, correct? Just search on how many times each user has used : rolleyes : in their posts.
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psmith2.0
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2004-09-10, 11:12

Comes up with 3,944,265 for Messiahtosh. Hmm, not nearly as high as I'd expected...



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2004-09-10, 12:16

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Originally Posted by pscates2.0
Comes up with 3,944,265 for Messiahtosh. Hmm, not nearly as high as I'd expected...

You forgot to count the 1,267,943 duplicate uses as NittanyLionTosh, NotReallyMeTosh, TrustMeI'mImpartialTosh, Can'tRememberMyPasswordTosh, and Steve'sFanboiTosh.
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2004-09-10, 13:39



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2004-09-10, 18:33

Non-centred trackpads look a bit cack.
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