The best example of this was when we turned the A3 e-tron onto NYC's West Side Highway to head uptown while getting a feel for its performance on an open road.
For Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ), which has for years marched relentlessly down the performance road--constantly boosting the performance of its chips by boosting raw clock speeds and then letting the marketing department brag about it ad nauseum--it's a significant switch in strategy.
The super-portable JBL OnBeat Micro (below) is battery powered and ideal forroad warriors, students or anyone else who wants outstanding performance from a go-anywhere Lightning speaker.