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by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Apr 30, 2008 5:08am PDT

So not only has Grand Theft Auto 4 launched, now most everyone should have had some decent time with it. Happy with what you see? Well, we've got a new post for talking about it over here. But apparently once you go multi(player), you can't go back. Also, the Shack writers covered both the marketing of GTA4 and the marketing which has been fundamentally driven by gaming. Pretty neat!

If you need some variety from your grand theft coma, this weekend should premiere a pretty big change for Team Fortress 2 on the PC, with maps, medics and more, oh my. Plus, it's good to see the MMOs strengthening their non-Warcraft niches .

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Nice dig there IBM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hnOCUkbix0

Ouch macbook air, just ouch.

Apr 30, 2008 8:55am PDT

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Nice dig there IBM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hnOCUkbix0 Ouch macbook air, just ouch. : boomstickah
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- let's combine our efforts :) http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16844669#itemanchor_16844669 : mafu5150
- glorious, I hate the original ad because it could have been my idea! : Mad Brahmin Disease
- It's not IBM anymore though. : nomaad
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  cute ad. right on the money, too. i dunno what apple was thinking when they put just the 1 USB port on ... : electroly
  - They were thinking that Apple users buy for appearances and not for functionality. : dirge23
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    I only ever use one of my USB ports on my Macbook, and only pop in the occasional CD to rip music to iTun... : sgtsanity
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      Hahaha. : tyrelhill
      
      Laughing at someone's computing habits? : yellowtexan
    - I just don't understand why it had to be 1. Why not 2? Like the other Macbooks? Use a hub internally o... : electroly
- hahaha, funny because it's true : FushigiDenki
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  maybe they should also stuff the X300 with the extra $1000 you'll need to buy the thing versus the Air!'... : Postal
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    Good luck trying to stuff wired internet support into the Air. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      at least I can eat after buying the $29 Ethernet dongle : Postal
      
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      You could use the Macbook Air as a dinner plate after its battery runs out of juice. Because that's all ... : Ride-My-Rocket
      
      The Air display is only 1280x800? : Fred Garvin
      
      Oh damn that sucks. Batteries are the first thing to go. : lowayne
      
      that was such a brilliant idea with the ipod im glad to see that they learn form their design flaws : ninjase
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    For that extra $1000 you're getting things normally found on a computer (ethernet port, dvd, etc). And t... : changejar419
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      I just pulled the prices up earlier, a 1.8/SSD/Superdrive Air is cheaper than an X300 ? : Toraz Chryx
      
      Oh I have no idea honestly. I was speculating from this.. http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/15/lenovo-x... : changejar419
  - its about the same price as the Air with the SSD, which the x300 has standard. : re4ctor
  - Macbook Air with SSD: $3098 Lenovo X300: $3225 that's not $1000. : deject
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    You could get a MBA, PS3, Xbox 360, and an iPhone all for the price of that x300. BUT HAY IT HAS 3 UBS... : pgharavi
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      If you want to buy a high-end, full-featured laptop, you'll get an X300. If you want to buy a crippled... : Ride-My-Rocket
      
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      I'd never buy an ultraportable and I've criticized the Air, but at the same time I don't see what I'd get... : Serpico74
      
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      64-GB SSD, which (presumably) boosts performance at most day-to-day tasks. You need to pay extra to get ... : Ride-My-Rocket
      
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      The promised performance boosts of SSD, on any laptop, really haven't materialised. It's certainly not worth the extra for the minor speed boost.
      
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      The promised performance boosts of SSD, on any laptop, really haven't materialised. It's certainly not wo... : node
      
      Ya, it's insane. You get very little for just under $1000. : pgharavi
      
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      I agree that the speed bump SSDs offer isn't worth the price... yet. However, give it a year or two and ... : Ride-My-Rocket
      
      I agree w/ you 100% on that point and that is exactly why it baffles me when people compare the x300 to t... : pgharavi
      
      Yes, and even with the SSD in the Air, plus external drive, plus wired adapters, it still comes out hundr... : Serpico74
      
      lol, crippled by design. I have a Compaq n400, no DVD drive, hardly ever need it, and never use the USB o... : node
- lol... that's great. : Ride-My-Rocket
- Ouch, that should send some Macheads into a froth. Decent parody. : Fred Garvin
- Lenovo kthx : virus
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  Haha. I can already hear a million Apple users furiously typing out their indignant responses to this vi... : stump
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    actually mac keyboards are very quiet : boring gegtik
    - ^^^typing out indignant response : stump
- Hahahahaa....nice : avatar_58
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  Nobody in my family believed me over Easter when I told them that the Air doesn't have a dvd-rom, a port ... : Danny5225
  - Then you showed them the price for the good ol' one two punch. : Wombat Woo
- It's Lenovo, not IBM, but still, lol : Home Nugget
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  the macbook air will fail like the mac cube or whatever it was called. : tomatoactivator
  - I think it's selling well : ErneX
  - Apple's financial conference call says your wrong. The MacBook Air is a niche product. And it looks lik... : Hiro
  - possibly but the Cube was still an interesting machine. We never did purchase any at work but not for lac... : fatman
  - My boss gave me a G4 cube a few weeks back actually haha. : TwiLyght
  - The cube was awesome. Too bad it failed. : slax0r
  - My dual cpu Geforce 3 equipped Cube thumbs its nose at you! : Toraz Chryx
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    IMO I think in 4-5 years the macbook air will become the macbook pro. : ventro
    - its not really possible with that design. some things you cant shrink (ports, optical drives, etc) : eeeealmo
- lol apple douchebags all around the world feel a distortion of the force itself whenever someone watches ... : Hoax
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  Awesome. The air is stupid. : baronzemo78
  - its not a bad machine, IMHO. It is WAY overpriced though. it works great for people like my boss... we... : fatman
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  lol @ the comments: "Yea, but the only downside it is not a Mac and doesn't run OSX." : riptyde
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    It might run a hacked OS X kernel version, but I think it's a good argument, I don't see myself running a... : ErneX
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      I was referring more to the first part of the sentence... apparently the fact that it's not a Mac is some... : riptyde
      
      It's more like "Hey, this Audi R10 is an amazing car... but we've only got gasoline pumps" : Toraz Chryx
  - I liked the one about the MBA having a better wow factor when you take it out in public. lololol : FormerHPB
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  Didn't dell make an ultra-portable laptop a while back called the X300? : royalally
  - Yeah. It was like a regular laptop except it separated into 2 pieces (the base having the optical drive ... : riptyde
  - The XPS M1330 is pretty sweet for the money actually. : cltcprd
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  Meh. I dont see a huge issue point here. I go to a lot of meetings here at work, and I carry my laptop ar... : two50six
  - I really want a UMPC like the OQO thingamabob. Then I could have my office setup which would have a full... : riptyde
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    Exactly, while I think it is a complete waste of money, I am sure for certain businesses and on the go pe... : hirosushima
    - You can get a Dell D430 for around $1200 that is just as portable, with a plethora of ports. : EvilDolemite
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  Aside from costing $1500 more, the x300 has a much slower CPU and half the RAM. Even if you added the SSD... : Serpico74
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    It's really no different from this Mac ad: http://images.apple.com/imac/design/images/gallery/imac_5_2007... : Gnowknayme
    - Since when was I talking about the ads? I was talking about the price and what you get for it. : Serpico74
  - Don't worry Serpico, it's tradition! It's like how people think it's 'un-classy' to go directly after com... : Fayk
  - ... and only runs Windows. oh shit son you went there! : node
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  Hey they made a cute comparison commercial. Shackers love those. : vigilante
  - I think that rule only applies when MS is the butt of the joke. : capt tripps
- hahaha great! : razlebol
- That is INCREDIBLE!! : lookitzpancakes