The Series 7 may technically be business-focused, but it’s a gorgeous rig at a not-insane price point. Windows 8 may technically not be out yet, but all reports point to its being as refreshing and innovative as Windows Phone has been. That, combined with the heavy shrug that OS X Lion arrived with, has me thinking that this little bitty rumour might grow into my next PC purchase.
Too early to say, of course, and even if it weren’t we wouldn’t see an actual Windows 8 Series 7 until the second half of next year. Still, I’m clearing out some space on my 2012 Christmas list just in case. [Bloomberg]
dagaz
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 7:40 AMCould that laptop be any more of a blatant rip-off of a MacBook Air? The only differences I can spot are a Samsung label where MacBook Air label would normally go, a slightly thinner bezel and a different power button (I’m typing this on a MacBook Air).
Jackson Bison
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:22 AMYeah, I can’t really tell. But by looking at those thngies with letters and numbers on them, and that uprighty blacky thingy that looks like a mini television, and that squarey finger touchy bit at the front; all of which I’ve never seen before on anything other than a MacBook Air, you’re right.
MotorMouth
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:43 AMWhat? Its a laptop, they all look exactly the same, except that a MacBook Air is tapered. This one doesn’t seem to be at all, which makes your comment stupid.
Fletcher
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:08 AMwhy fix what aint broke? The mackbook air design is nice. but an aluminium slim notebook will always be called a rip-off. only so much you can do with 13.3″ of aluminium :P
DK Son
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 12:04 PMGo away with your trolling. Oh my god, my microsoft mouse looks like a dell mouse… with its scroll wheel and buttons and stuff. Woooo the world is gonna die let’s start looting. What a toss.
moloko
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:29 AMIt totally looks like a blatant ripoff of a laptop to me, oh no wait, it is a laptop.
Andrew
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 10:01 AM+1.
MotorMouth
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:49 AMDamn! You got me all excited about the TX-100 finally seeing the light of day, but this is just a stupid laptop.
Roland
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 9:20 AMglad it’s grey and not white or the MacBook Air fans would be braying from the rafters…
Jackson Bison
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 12:14 PMBut they still are…
MotorMouth
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 5:47 PMColour me confused but the MBAir is also grey, not white.
Andrew
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 10:00 AMMore refreshing and innovative than WP7 is a tech blogger not acting as if Microsoft ran over their dog. It’s also a genuine relief to hear someone calling Lion out for being the boring, buggy turkey that it is reguardless of the shiny distraction that it’s attached to.
Sam
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 3:12 PMhow else can you have a laptop?
they will all look similar.
changing the position of the trackpad and keyboard could work.
but come on… a laptop is a laptop… unless they took a casting off the mac…
and mac’s aint that special anyways, just overpriced hyped up garbage.