The first feature is the aforementioned focusing of Boeing internal culture on teamwork and cooperation, values that seemed to be on the back burner for a while after the company bought several big military competitors between 1996 and 2000.
Of course this isn't the first time that we've seen rebates drive down computer prices so much -- there was the HP setup that we saw over Labor Day, which included a CRT, and a burner for the same price after rebates too -- but a laptop is something to take stock of.