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Apple Touchscreen Netbook to Launch in October at $800?
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not necessarily. remember even Jobs didn't discount the notion. IF they could design one that fit within Apple's design game
and a tablet that is somewhere between an ipod and an open faced air, with built in 3g and wifi, designed just for the core 'Net' activities (ie, not things like photoshop, final cut etc), perhaps even running an modified version of OS X or even the iPhone OS (with its own app store providing new and modified versions of iphone apps) could fit that bill.
certainly this rumor hit a believable price and time of release. which makes it sound more possible than previous rumors. and who knows, next we might see rumors of being able to get a carrier subsidy on the 'tablet' if you sign up for a data line on ATT etc
given that there are a number of folks out there that are only interested in a computer for email, web browser, perhaps ichat/aim stuff, a netbook is perfect for them.
It'll be cool to see what this is... but I don't imagine it's anything I want. Between the MBP and the iPT, I can pretty well handle all my light and heavy computing needs.
Apple is pretty good at surprising us with cool new products though, so who knows it could be pretty awesome... whatever it is.
Apple is pretty good at surprising us with cool new products though, so who knows it could be pretty awesome... whatever it is.
$799 would be a good start. I wouldn't pay that for a netbook though.
Apple technically already makes a netbook. It is just too big and expensive. Plus the idea of netbook is smaller footprint, not thickness.
Apple technically already makes a netbook. It is just too big and expensive. Plus the idea of netbook is smaller footprint, not thickness.
How the heck are YOU supposed to know that?
Obviously not.
Oh, and here's the best part: People. Will. Pay. It.
Keep dreaming about the physical keyboard. Nobody seems to be paying attention to what Apple has been saying and planning for a good while now.
Well of course you wouldn't pay that for a netbook.
It's a good thing then that Apple's product won't be a netbook!
It will be a product category unto itself. *sigh* Please try to keep up people. It has only been proclaimed for YEARS now that Apple's product won't be a netbook or a "tablet" in the traditional sense but because we have no other words to describe what Apple is doing we have to use "netbook" or "tablet" to refer to Apple's new product.
I am betting on a touchscreen/wifi/3G device with an optional bluetooth keyboard. At least that's what I would buy.
I'm going to say that this is waaayyyy overpriced if true. And how useful would a touchscreen netbook be at only 9.7"? Apple needs to stick with high-end machines and not try to go in-between low-end mass market machines and high-end. It leaves their offerings in no-man's land. Unless this thing ends up being incredibly lightweight why wouldn't someone just buy the white macbook?
Keep dreaming about the physical keyboard. Nobody seems to be paying attention to what Apple has been saying and planning for a good while now.
Exactly. This sin't going to be a "netbook" but rather a tablet. No keyboard, more than likely the same ports as the MBA, bluetooth/wifi/GPS/and possibly a built in 3g option.
Man, with a 9.7 inch screen it will be probably like an iphone user interface, bunch of icons but much more powerful.
All I want for Christmas
If true it could only be a touch screen tablet. AKA no keyboard...
Think of it being about as big as that mouse pad you may be using right now...
I think Macbook Air is already the Apple Netbook.
If true it could only be a touch screen tablet. AKA no keyboard...
Think of it being about as big as that mouse pad you may be using right now...
I think Macbook Air is already the Apple Netbook.
I have a better question, why do so many people buy netbooks and eventually hackintosh them? There is a market for a smaller, lighter, less powerful macbook.
And for the overpriced bit, people still buy the Sony Vaio P, Considering that youll have to pay 500+ for a touchscreen netbook/notebook, i don't see $800.00 considering its coming with OSX and will more than likely have some iPhone attributes.
I don't want I don't want... You obviously don't want a netbook. You are NOT the market that netbooks cater to. If you want all that, buy a MacBook Pro.
I for one don't want this at all. I want a full blown tablet. Touch screen, OSX, the end. One solid device. No physical keyboard. Now that, I'd shell out the bucks for.
Your opinion implies a standard netbook form factor.
I can almost guarantee that Apple's device (I refuse to call it a 'Netbook') will not have a conventional keyboard. In fact, I expect it won't have any keyboard at all; not a physical one, anyway. A virtual keyboard similar to that in the iPhone/iPod Touch is most likely, perhaps with a couple of USB connectors to permit use of an external keyboard/mouse combination. The fact that it has been reported many times that the device will use a touch screen pretty much guarantees no physical keyboard.
If this thing opens like a clamshell at all, I expect it will open like a book, not like your conventional laptop form factor. I also expect the cover will be exactly that and nothing more--a simple cover to protect the glass and maybe help provide a stand for hands-free viewing.
Anybody remember the old Star Trek "Padd"? This may be the closest thing to that concept since the original Newton.
I can almost guarantee that Apple's device (I refuse to call it a 'Netbook') will not have a conventional keyboard. In fact, I expect it won't have any keyboard at all; not a physical one, anyway. A virtual keyboard similar to that in the iPhone/iPod Touch is most likely, perhaps with a couple of USB connectors to permit use of an external keyboard/mouse combination. The fact that it has been reported many times that the device will use a touch screen pretty much guarantees no physical keyboard.
If this thing opens like a clamshell at all, I expect it will open like a book, not like your conventional laptop form factor. I also expect the cover will be exactly that and nothing more--a simple cover to protect the glass and maybe help provide a stand for hands-free viewing.
Anybody remember the old Star Trek "Padd"? This may be the closest thing to that concept since the original Newton.
Well, that sounds kinda promising. I doubt Apple would bother with a keyboard though. If you're on a laptop (notebook) computer right now, go ahead and draw imaginary smileys on the display for 20 seconds. See what I mean? a slanted touch screen with no palm support is an ergonomic nightmare. And netbook keyboards are usually too small and don't have enough action (distance to travel inward) to be used to type comfortably.
I'd put my money on a dedicated couch computing device. Something that's not too heavy to lift casually with one hand from the couch table, very thin (d'uh, it's Apple) and just enough horsepower to surf the web. Think iPod touch for the living room. Put it in its dock on the living room table and use it as an iChat phone with the built-in camera and mic. Use it as a high quality digital picture frame, universal TV remote, play chess on it. Just a fun toy.
I'd put my money on a dedicated couch computing device. Something that's not too heavy to lift casually with one hand from the couch table, very thin (d'uh, it's Apple) and just enough horsepower to surf the web. Think iPod touch for the living room. Put it in its dock on the living room table and use it as an iChat phone with the built-in camera and mic. Use it as a high quality digital picture frame, universal TV remote, play chess on it. Just a fun toy.
I agree it seems crazy, however I can already see macrumors.com having threads about launch meetups for this thing.
People, especially on these board, love anything Apple.
I belive apple netbook will be using a hybrid iphone macbook design
the 9,2 screen can fit a fully functional touch-keybord like the one on the iphone.
If u want a cheap mac netbook it will have a standart atom processor and don't get a lot of hope for a nvidia graphic card.
I dont know if the touch keybord is a good idea but I know the all netbook keybords sucks... so at least is diferente..
And i belive that with the new battery tecnology apple could be creating a netbook with 8 or 9h of wi-fi use.
What to u want more from a netbook.
PS- if they don't put a 3g card on it they will be very very stupid!
edit... I remember I saw a pic like this one on the macrumors page sometime ago....
http://www.macazin.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/apple-netbook-studie.jpg
my 2 cents
the 9,2 screen can fit a fully functional touch-keybord like the one on the iphone.
If u want a cheap mac netbook it will have a standart atom processor and don't get a lot of hope for a nvidia graphic card.
I dont know if the touch keybord is a good idea but I know the all netbook keybords sucks... so at least is diferente..
And i belive that with the new battery tecnology apple could be creating a netbook with 8 or 9h of wi-fi use.
What to u want more from a netbook.
PS- if they don't put a 3g card on it they will be very very stupid!
edit... I remember I saw a pic like this one on the macrumors page sometime ago....
http://www.macazin.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/apple-netbook-studie.jpg
my 2 cents
Because tying your customers to a telecom is the most intelligent thing you can do.
Keep the 3G card off, please, Apple.
And more powerful than that mac laptop we were editing video on a few years ago. I love peoples definition of useless. They aren't THAT underpowered. I mean if we're playing games and processing soca and images on our phones how bad can they be? More often, they are lacking ports and optical drive. They are basically what the air should have been- underpowered cheap and small. Not underpowered , expensivesive and light. The air isn't that small IMO. Just thin.
Core cpu, osx makes no sense
$800 for osx with an optional physical keyboard would compete with mba. They have established the itouch platform so rapidly, I can't see them using osx (much as I'd like them to; I'd buy one immediately, one more if it really ran all my osx stuff productively).
$800 for osx with an optional physical keyboard would compete with mba. They have established the itouch platform so rapidly, I can't see them using osx (much as I'd like them to; I'd buy one immediately, one more if it really ran all my osx stuff productively).
My wife is going to need a new computer soon because her Dell is falling apart. This would be a perfect fit because she doesn't need a large amount of processing power. Although this would also be convenient to take notes on in class...especially if I can use it like a notepad.
I bet it will have an app store.
I'd pay $1500 for one with a good processor / gpgpu, video output, and a pressure sensitive display, similar to a Cintiq.
I bet it will have an app store.
I'd pay $1500 for one with a good processor / gpgpu, video output, and a pressure sensitive display, similar to a Cintiq.