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Fujitsu's laptops for the ladies

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Ladies, do you feel that laptop manufacturers just aren't catering for your needs? Well, stop worrying your pretty heads! Fujitsu has come to the rescue!

You know, laptop shopping is just so disheartening. Where are the pretty spangles, the little flourishes that mean a lady can truly call a laptop her own?

Finally, though — finally someone is addressing this horrible injustice. Fujitsu is here to save the day, with a series of laptops just for women. Floral Kiss is a new series that has been designed and created entirely for the previously untapped lady market.

And boy, is it elegant. You can tell it's elegant, because the words "elegant" and "elegance" have been used a total of nine times in the official press release. It has elegant diamantes accenting the power LED display and caps lock key, and in the AC adapter and mouse (which, additionally, are small so they "fit easily into the hands of all users"), the power button is an elegant faux pearl, and every button on the keyboard is elegantly ringed in gold.

(Credit: Fujitsu)

Floral flourishes decorate the ports, and the laptop is available in three colours: "elegant white", "feminine pink" and "luxury brown".

But if you think that's good, wait until you hear about the custom included applications: Scrapbook, Diary and Daily Horoscopes. If it seems so amazing that someone at Fujitsu must have met a woman once, prepare to have your mind blown: it was designed by women.

But what about the specs? Ha ha, ladies don't want to know about specs. (OK, it has a Core i5 processor, Windows 8 and a 500GB hard drive. But that's all we need to know.)

Perhaps the pièce de résistance is the cover, which "features a flip latch that can easily open the display — even by users with long fingernails".

Thank goodness. Someone has finally figured out what women want.

Editor's note: this article was written with a heavy dose of sarcasm.

Via jezebel.com



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DonnaC3 posted a comment   

Just watching the video as she shops in a blissful daze for handbags, writes her diary, and takes photos of her nails, all on her new lady-book and... Wow.

Here I am, sat at my desk, coding away on my plain black Toshiba Satellite Pro while I run data recovery on a damaged hard drive in an open Unix Desktop beside me, and I can't help but wonder.. If only my ide/sata to usb adapter was diamanté studded maybe I'd be feeling that hazily wistful this morning too.

I'm not saying I wouldn't love a hot pink, ultra light, nicely designed piece of tech.. I would just rather the marketers took a little more care with their advertising instead of choosing one stereotype ;)

 

FranT posted a comment   

I would LOVE to get one of these beautiful works of art. I need something that I WANT and not just handed to.me by my boyfriend and told like it OR ........I NEED my independence and a STATEMENT OF ME - AS A WOMAN 100% FEMALE. I woukd love to know how to get one of these and what the price rsnge is.BUT, for the sake if my statement as a 109% FEMALE who just LOVES PINK ........price is not the determining factor here. Please respond!!! fransmith2005@yahoo.comMy very best regards and many thanks, .Fran Thibadeau Smith

 

ResoLite posted a comment   
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Next stop: Laptops specifically designed for men! Including innovative manly features such as a slide out beer holder tray (doubles as an optical drive), a dedicated key to announce the brag-worthy turbo-charged tech specs to anyone within earshot (a long earshot too, due to the massive speakers strapped to the back of the device), and best of all; casing so rugged you can show off to your mates by rolling over it in your 2 tonne Ute without leaving a dent.

Future stops: Further pre-customisation to accommodate social diversity! The homosexual laptop, the christian laptop, and the black laptop to name just a few! I'm unsure if I should be laughing or slightly horrified at this concept. Maybe both. 1 Like for this article for the 'elegantly' crafted and largely justified sarcasm.




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