Interestingly, nobody has jumped into the comments like usual yet to point out how citing the NY Times, even for a general interest article, automatically makes Giz liberal-biased. Bravo, restrained yet surely seething GOP'ers!

@Zordon: I acknowledge the main site looks like the 1990s

@Wwhat: LOL, true - but that not so hard to find.

I'm itching to click "add to cart". Would be nice if there was an option to add a discreet graphics solution, but since it can handle HD video, which my current laptop barely can, it can handle the limited AutoCAD and Photoshop that the same existing laptop gets done.

@orthorim: different users have different perspectives. I've held off from several appealing portables because they didn't have an optical drive.

@HiddenCommenter: [laptops.toshiba.com]

@mojoald: "The Portégé R700 also features a light, yet durable magnesium alloy casing reinforced with a new honeycomb rib design incorporated within the palm rests and base of the laptop. Similar

@Zordon: I think you were looking for this: [laptops.toshiba.com]

This seems like it could be great if you're stuck somewhere with just a laptop with an integrated graphics card.

If it didn't make me feel like I need to simultaneously vomit and shit myself, I might be a fan of 3D.

@ninjacrusader: The last sentence doesn't make him a fanboy - he touted 2 other companies and praised sony's past.

@tedknaz: I'd say you gave a very accurate and objective summary of the industry over the last decade.

Frankly the PS2 wasn't ever great hardware either. It merely had a good lineup of 3rd party developers.

@ithyphallus, 13382: good point.

@mxpxboy: you think this paragraph:

@f0rge: I'm on the edge.

@Incindre: I don't know a single American who blames England or British people for this. We all blame negligent panny-pinchers at a particular company.

This type of product has been around for years.

@Dallifornia: I saw the image as totally sexual too.

@yantelope: indeed.