When the hardware inside isn’t that different from todays laptops
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When talking about the difference of 2007 versus now you’re talking a lot about design and how the laptop is manufacture. Small batteries do also help but the main impact is basically different technology companies improving their design and in many cases ripping off of Macbook design. Apple definitely lead the design of thinner, sleeker, more compact notebooks at a ridiculously higher cost. Barring one or 2 features the equivalent non Mac with a slightly bigger screen was a 3rd of the price but 2 to 3 times as bulky. What also has had a huge impact is the design of smartphones – being able to precisely manufacture and bulk assemble such intricate devices has also translated over to notebook manufacture, as well as helping to shrink circuit boards including the motherboards – again heavily lead by Apple.
Other than the smaller batteries – notebooks have gotten more space efficient keyboards and lost their PCMCIA slots for addon cards and their DvD drives.
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