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MacBook Air vs. Lenovo

Apple unveiled the MacBook Air, the world’s thinnest notebook, with a clever manilla envelope ad that you’ve probably seen. Now someone has created a response featuring the Lenovo ThinkPad X. The Lenovo response doesn’t appear to be “official”, but it’s still effective.

Apple’s Original Ad

First, here’s Apple’s original MacBook Air ad.

An Unoffical “Ad” for Lenovo

This response to the Apple ad was posted on YouTube yesterday.

Bottom Line

I love the IT industry. Lots of competition and one-upmanship. Size isn’t the only thing that matters in a notebook computer, and the creator of the Lenovo “response” does a great job of highlighting that fact.

Now if they could only include something about the software differences: reliability, stability, development tools…

Posted April 30, 2008 by Raymond T. Hightower