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Lenovo X300

2.3M views · Apr 29, 2008 · 1:04 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2012–2019

A short parody ad for the Lenovo X300 ultraportable, mocking the original MacBook Air ad.

Why Hacker News points people here: Mostly cited as a joke or as the commenter's old laptop, in threads about Apple laptops.

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Cites itclaudiusJun 2013

Commenter's previous laptop, the Lenovo X300

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Hrm, that's what I feared. I was a proud owner of a [0] before this one, but even the Core i520M slowly gets…slow, especially one of the newer graphics chips would be wonderful sometimes. [0] this video

in “Ask HN: Which computer/laptop do you use?” · view on HN
JokeLinXitoWJun 2012

“This ad satire is about the Air”

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Single connector, but not single adapter. Daisy chaining also seems error prone. If all the adapters you have to take with you weigh 400g, you haven't really gained anything. Also, having to reattach everything all the time seems like a hassle if you have a lot of external devices to connect(is there a Macbook dock?). This ad satire is about the Air, but i think it sums up me reservations perfectly: this video

in “New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard | Ian Chilton” · view on HN
JokeDunedanJul 2019

“Lenovo made a really good parody of the original MacBook Air ad”

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Back then Lenovo made a really good parody of the original MacBook Air ad ( link ), showing the advantages of their ThinkPad X300: this video

in “Jony Ive: 8 hits and 8 misses from 20 years at Apple” · view on HN