By Desire Athow
Introduction and design
In the world of laptops, there’s a myriad of smaller vendors which exist alongside the main players, many of them sharing the same basic chassis designs, which explains why they are called original design manufacturers. Going down that route helps keep costs (otherwise known as the bill of materials) low – it also means that a lot of laptops amongst smaller vendors will look remarkably similar.
However, from afar you’d mistake the Lafite II from PC Specialist for another laptop entirely – the Apple MacBook Air. They both share the same distinctive aluminium material, rather thick bezels, a large touchpad and a large central hinge.
The only hints that will betray this notebook’s Windows roots are the location of the keyboard keys, the Intel sticker and the lack of the Apple logo on the cover.
It does look suitably posh although closer inspection shows a few asymmetrical bulges (check out the accompanying pictures) on the lower side as well as edges – and the display panel – that do not perfectly align. None of this is a deal-breaker but you just need to remember that this is not the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air.
<img src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/art/laptops/PC%20Specialist/Lafite%202/lafite2-9-420-90.jpg" …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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