

Toshiba Portege Z830







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RE: Oh hell no
By corduroygt on 9/1/2011 12:42:15 PM , Rating: 2
So what? MB Air's weren't competitive back then, but they are now. Regardless of your personal views, the thin and light buying public put an importance on having a good touchpad, a backlit keyboard, and a good quality screen.

RE: Oh hell no
By Apone on 9/2/2011 1:07:34 AM , Rating: 1
What do you mean so what? You just said it takes more than fancy specs to (apparently) dethrone the end-all & be-all of ultraportable computers (MB-Air) and now you're saying the public just puts an importance on having a good touchpad, backlit keyboard and good quality screen? So then, what else does it take? Should Toshiba slap an Apple-ish logo on the cover to get noticed?

Mac users are so blinded by perceived value that you ignore the big picture. For example, what is up with $200 for an 8GB RAM configuration on a Macbook Pro? Nevermind that DDR3 RAM is dirt-cheap right now ($40-$50 for 8GB on Newegg). Also, why the standard slow 5400rpm hard drives? 5400rpm speed drives are from 2005 and Apple is gonna' ask for $100 more for an industry-standard 7200rpm speed HDD upgrade? And yet you're gonna' pitch Apple's apparent penchant for cutting-edge hardware? Really?

