EEE Imposters

With all the latest buzz surrounding ultra-mobile pcs, it is no surprise that several manufacturers are trying to enter the market. The so called ultra-mobile Lenovo ThinkPad comes with a hefty price starting at around $2400. If you want all the bells and whistles, you are talking about spending $3000 dollars. They tout it as the premiere in mobile computing but who can really afford to buy this laptop?

The manufacturers truly did not explore all the options on this one. The point of developing ultra-mobile computers is to build a machine that you can take out of your bag and instantly boot on to check your email or post on your blog. What is the point of having this incredibly thin laptop when you still have to wait minutes to boot it up and shut it down. On top of that, you still have to deal with a full sized monitor and keypad. Adding this all up.... what exactly makes this ThinkPad and the recently new MacBook Air? In my opinion they should not be in the same category or even considered to be anything other then "lighter" notebooks. If you need all this power that they bring why not just get a regular, more moderately priced on?

I do not buy the excuse that people need it for typing on the plane or in the car. How much work can you seriously get done like that? It seems to me like these people need better time management skills rather than an overpriced thin laptop. None of these machines even comes close to the mobility of the EEE in terms of convenience and size. LONG LIVE THE EEE!!!

If you wanna read more about the new ThinkPad check it out HERE.