If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then a parody is practically worship. Just run an appropriate search on YouTube and you’ll be deluged by scores of videos (the number is pegged at 983 as of this writing), made by enthusiastic individuals and competing companies alike, spoofing all sorts of Apple’s advertisements. Clearly, no company is as flattered and worshipped as much as Apple seems to be.
The latest entrant in this mock-fest is YouTube user LoStreib’s take on the MacBook Air’s disadvantages compared to the Lenovo X300. The basic idea he’s gunning for is that the Lenovo X300, which is just about as thin as the MacBook Air, comes loaded with a lot more stuff than our beloved MacBook Air does.
Of course, no spoof video sentence involving the MacBook Air can ever be complete without some mention of the manila envelope, so rest assured that it plays an important supporting role in this little video. Check it out; it is one of the funnier spoofs we’ve seen around these parts (though by no means would we nominate it for an Oscar, or even just an Emmy).
[Via The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs]
This comparison is like apples and oranges. The Mac Book Air is twice the computer for it's size. Can the StinkPad run Vista very well? Not from the looks of reviews.
The Air can run Vista, Mac, and many others as well.
very clever....and all that for only $1000 more than the MB Air....
nice.
Heck, the base model is more expensive than the high-end SSD version of the MBA, and the darned thing comes with a 1.2 GHz processor.
I mean, different strokes and all, but that thing has more problems for me than can be solved by having a DVD or a few more USB ports...
Wireless WAN option... yet another feature that is not available on the MBA for any amount of money. I wish Apple had made the x300 instead of the MBA, and I bet Apple could have fitted a faster chip in there as well, which is, contrary to the slogan, a compromise.