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Those PCMag guys sure are goofy! One has put together what laptops each of the HEROES should own, according to their personality...

Here's an excerpt of that article:

Laptops For NBC's "HEROES"
Thursday February 22, 2007

A whole bunch of us at PC Magazine are fans of the show ""HEROES"- really, what's not to love? An Industrial Light and Magic programmer and Rory Gilmore's ex-boyfriend discover they have superpowers and struggle, struggle, struggle. Being PC Maggers, we started thinking - what kinds of laptops should the Heroes have, based on their personalities? Yes, I know they've been seen using computers - but if they could get a tech makeover, which gadgets should they be carrying?

Isaac Mendez - He's an artist, and what's an artist without his Mac? He may be broke, but I'm betting his rich ex-girlfriend could have been talked into getting him a nice, midrange MacBook with a Wacom tablet to do some of his initial sketches on.

Hiro Nakamura - Hiro needs a powerful laptop that's only available in Japan and reflects his family's wealth and high standing. Enter the Sony Vaio Z93 with its carbon-fiber casing. Never mind the high price - he may be a cubicle worker, but daddy bought this one.

Nathan Petrelli - He's a very serious man, getting very serious work done. Nobody questions the seriousness of a guy working on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It radiates an aura of "I'm very important! Do not bother me with your insane meanderings!"

Peter Petrelli - Am I the only one to think he's not quite sure what he wants to be? The Toshiba Portege R400-S4931 is the perfect laptop for the perenially indecisive. It's a tablet! No, it's a laptop! Hey, if he partitions the hard drive correctly, he could load any operating system he comes into contact with. (This is what passes for humor at PC Magazine.)

Hana Gitelman - Any notebook Hana carries has to support the latest wireless standards. For her, 802.11b is like talking to your slightly slow cousin. She needs a Dell XPS M1210 with the optional 802.11n upgrade, EVDO and Bluetooth - now that's a fast talker.

Claude - Homeless and itinerant, Claude needs something he can jam into an invisible pocket. It's not a stretch to think he saw an OQO Model 02 on the desk of some apartment he was wandering through and decided to make it his own.

Claire Bennet - Claire always seems to be jumping into flaming boxcars, falling off towers, or getting skewered with various objects. A fully ruggedized Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 can't heal itself, but it does a pretty decent job of preventing breakage in the first place.

Mr. Bennet - Take a look at the Gateway M255-E. Now look away. Can you remember it? Gateway's designs are so bland, it's like they wipe themselves from your memory within minutes of seeing the laptops. Yet they are surprisingly effective machines. Perfect for a man who's clearly running a lot of critical applications, yet doesn't want to be remembered.
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So what lists can be made for various products that the HEROES would use? For example, what soft drinks would the HEROES guzzle, slurp or sip?

[Super Ordinary Guy]

Peter Petrelli - Am I the only one to think he's not quite sure what he wants to be? The Toshiba Portege R400-S4931 is the perfect laptop for the perenially indecisive. Hey, if he partitions the hard drive correctly, he could load any operating system he comes into contact with. (This is what passes for humor at PC Magazine.)

Haha! Now Dat was funny!

I don't know what actual drink Peter would imbibe, but whatever it is it should be put through a blender first...