Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop with No Keyboard (Satire, 2009)

[kaycebasques]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA

[wkat4242]

I loved that one. "Everything on your computer is only a few hundred clicks away" :) And the predictive sentences shown on screen are so funny.

There was also a great iphone 5 joke video about it becoming 2 feet long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNBP18nrRdw

Is it just me or is this kind of parody a bit gone these days?

[robotburrito → wkat4242]

That era of the onion was amazing. I'm not sure if they had a ton of funding back then or what the reason for this was.

[pdpi → robotburrito]

Today’s Onion is responsible for this[0] amicus brief with the Supreme Court, which is possibly one the best pieces of satirical writing in history.

0. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/2022...

[sillywalk → wkat4242]

I think parody is a bit gone. Conan O'Brien did a bit on the 1st iphone..

Wow, that's going back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N68_cp1vEFs

[cempaka]

I feel like I don't see them much anymore but The Onion used to produce some hilarious video content. "Prague's Kafka International Named Most Alienating Airport" is still my favorite: https://youtu.be/gEyFH-a-XoQ

[pawelduda → cempaka]

Sony Releases Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work

https://youtu.be/8AyVh1_vWYQ

[sillywalk → cempaka]

I liked Onion Future News from 2137: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKC21wDarBo

[deafpolygon]

Isn't it basically an iPad? :)

[wkat4242 → deafpolygon]

No it's got a clickwheel:)

[bitwize]

Thought of this when the idiot bar debuted on MacBook "Pro"s.

[sillywalk → bitwize]

Or the macbook with the one usb port for charging, video-out, and general usb.

[postmodest → sillywalk]

Hey now, IIRC it had two ports but you had to use one for charging, and it had to be the left one.

[sillywalk → postmodest]

Nope, the 12-inch macbook had one usb-c port and one headphone jack.

[postmodest → sillywalk]

Oh, right, the 12-inch macbook. That one was truly stupid: like it was designed solely to test if you could abuse users with "an iPad with a keyboard" at a laptop price point.

[damiankennedy]

Check out the prices, $2600 for 8 Gb and $9960 for 40 Gb

[cempaka → damiankennedy]

"It is an investment," hahah. This is also really deft parody of tech press boosterism.