Really? I almost never see "PC-hate" coming from Mac users. I've seen the Mac vs. PC commercials, which skirt the line a bit, but I don't think I've ever seen a Mac user call a PC user an idiot for choosing PC over Mac.

Not sure if you're confused--I'm not the submitter.

I tried out the projected keyboard because it was a novelty and a friend had purchased one. In fact, I tried it it out with an iPad. The keyboard is compact enough that you can carry it and the iPad and not feel the tiniest bit silly that you aren't just carrying a tiny Ultrabook. However, it just doesn't feel right to type on.

Er, obviously I meant worst MATERIAL, not metal.

Actually, a quick Google search, and I infer that it's actually located at the bottom of the display on the hinge (where, at least on mine, there's a long piece of black plastic very similar to the iPad's antenna cover.)

Anyway, I was just speculating on that poster's meaning. I can't think of any other reason that someone would consider aluminum to be the worst metal you can build a laptop out of.

OP was being disingenuous in recommending it, then, if Aluminum is bad. But it seems like multiple Macbook Air clones use aluminum--that doesn't mean there isn't an attenuation problem.

Note that Apple uses aluminum for the iPad, but has a plastic cover for the mobile data antenna on the versions which support that. And while there weren't widespread problems reported with the original iPhone, they quickly switched to plastic and "improved reception" was one of the improvements.

I'm guessing it's the RF attenuation.

So? A Raspberry Pi without peripherals is less useful than a tablet.

Only if he doesn't mind using the computer only at his endpoints. He says:

I think most of us are assuming that he wants to use the device at the airport or other times when he's not at one of his endpoints. If not, the screen is probably taken care of (TV at the hotel, LCD on-site) though the keyboard will add bulk unless he works like you do.

More importantly (possibly) he's going to look like an idiot if he insists on a projector and has to use the setup in front of his clients, who will mimic lots of the other Slashdotters' comments of, "Why the hell aren't you just using a laptop?"

I've used one of those. They're slightly worse than a smartphone soft keyboard. I'd have to be really trying to travel light to even consider one of those.

I fully expected to use it. Turned out that I didn't need it (yet--maybe I will one day).

That's pretty funny.

But actually, I was referring to users of MySQL being penetrated by consulting firms as part of a standard security audit.

Really, though, penetration testing could have uncovered the bug. Most pentesting I've been through has included simple brute-force attacks with the 1000 or so most common passwords. That should easily have succeeded. The report should have said, "We found MySQL open with the username 'root' and the password 'p@ssw0rd'." And someone would read that report and say, "Hey, that's not our password!" And that moment of uncertainty should have provided all the impetus needed to find the vulnerability.

All throughout the industry, computer manufacturers charge high premiums for extras like RAM and a better CPU. Apple's no different (despite their "think different" motto from years past.)

You can get 16GB of RAM on this laptop--for $200 more. At least that's cheaper than what Dell charges to go from 8->16 on their Precision M4600 (the low-end of which only comes with 2GB of RAM, incidentally.)

That's not the point of this display. It's to provide extremely high-quality images and text at roughly the same size (in e.g. inches) as on the 1440x900 display.

Go to Best Buy and look at the difference between the iPad2 and the iPad3 (or New iPad or whatever.) Go to a webpage and look at the text. If you see a difference, that's what they're talking about. If you don't see a difference, then the "Retina" display probably isn't for you.

That's how it works on the iPhone and iPad, so it follows that it's how it will work on the Macbook Pro. That said, an application which supports the higher resolution display might be able to scale down so that you can fit more things on the screen, if that's what you want. I'm thinking particularly of terminal windows, but browsing could work too.

Apple has had resolution-independence for a while, but developers haven't been using it (from what I understand.)