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Agreed. It would be amazing to take notes in class with an Apple blue tooth keyboard while my iPhone is in my pocket
People around me would be so confused. I don't need to see the screen when taking notes, so this setup would be ideal for me.
Can people stop posting the Sony P series netbooks because they cost $899? We all know they cost $899 because it has been said at least 15 times already in this thread.
Welcome to every thread ever. No one reads the content, and so 70% is rehash.
Cut to the Microsoft ad thread...
Well, these particular forums are to comment on News, so do you expect people to go through 14 pages of comments to see what's been said before?Welcome to every thread ever. No one reads the content, and so 70% is rehash.
Cut to the Microsoft ad thread...
If anyone is reading 14 pages of comments about clearly fake Apple products, they need to get out more.
Welcome to every thread ever. No one reads the content, and so 70% is rehash.
Cut to the Microsoft ad thread...
Lol. I guess the world is just lazy now. your completely right though
No go
Way too expensive for such a unit. It's supposed to be an appliance. Make it inexpensive.
Way too expensive for such a unit. It's supposed to be an appliance. Make it inexpensive.
Tablets exist already.
And music players "existed already", and smartphones "existed already"...until Apple reinvented them all and created a whole new demand for products...otherwise we'd still be praising our crappy Motorola RAZRs as leading edge phones until this very moment...
Or, if anyone is reading these posts so that they don't post duplicates, they should commend themselves because they're following the rules.
Agreed. It would be amazing to take notes in class with an Apple blue tooth keyboard while my iPhone is in my pocket
this sounds extremly useless to me, you must be kiddin', right?
taking notes on your iphone, which is in your pocket, while you're having a (fullsize-) keyboard on your desk? either you must be a perfect writer, or you haven't thought this through... how do you know you didn't made mistakes? how would you place notes into the right order? dude....
this is a stupid idea.... (no offense)
Tablets exist already.
Hey buddy, I am wondering if you genuinely don't understand other people's points or if you are just very reactive. Did you read my post carefully? Tablets may exist but crossover ebook readers/tablets slim enough, booksized and practical enough in mass market prices do not. Do you understand what I am saying now? I would hate to start another food fight with you, so get over yourself, and don't insinuate that the other party is talking crap, as you so often do in a crude and rude way.
Apple will re-invent the netbook market by releasing a great small sized tablet we can all take to bed or on the sofa or lying on the mat or an a beach somewhere and wirelessly browse the net an check our mail. As the iphone users and ipod touch will tell you you don't have to lug around a keyboard if you are surfing the net.
Make it happen apple. And come June with Steve in the keynote we ll be making history again and all the others will be eating our dust.
And music players "existed already", and smartphones "existed already"...until Apple reinvented them all and created a whole new demand for products...otherwise we'd still be praising our crappy Motorola RAZRs as leading edge phones until this very moment...
Exactly my friend, you said it so well.
These are news comments. Having a forum layout is entirely unnecessary since people are just commenting on stories. There's a reason why most websites just have a comments section, instead of an entire forum for a news story. Because most people just want to share their comments, not be involved in a 14 page discussion that they were expected to keep up with.
Even when I DO have a screen, I still go through all of my notes after class to format and organize them and correct inevitable mistakes. It's the best way to study, without knowing you're studying.this sounds extremly useless to me, you must be kiddin', right?
taking notes on your iphone, which is in your pocket, while you're having a (fullsize-) keyboard on your desk? either you must be a perfect writer, or you haven't thought this through... how do you know you didn't made mistakes? how would you place notes into the right order? dude....
this is a stupid idea.... (no offense)
It's the same as hand writing notes. You're not going for perfect spelling and format, you're just trying to get the ideas down first, then you can organize them later.
Besides, what would be the point of having my iPhone out on my desk while I'm typing? It's not like the screen would be very helpful since it would be at such a difficult viewing angle. I've been typing almost as long as I've been writing. I'm part of that generation.
Lol. This is about as real as I am now riding this horse-drawn fish. And in any case, with the iPhone I have all the "netbook" I'll ever need.
Assuming it's true, it is not a good move by Apple.
A. Too expensive for a netbook
B. Too feature packed for a netbook, probably resulting in the aforementioned excessive expense.
If it is true then Apple has once again failed. I say once again as a reference to the tone-deaf abject failure that is the MacBook Air.
A. Too expensive for a netbook
B. Too feature packed for a netbook, probably resulting in the aforementioned excessive expense.
If it is true then Apple has once again failed. I say once again as a reference to the tone-deaf abject failure that is the MacBook Air.
Furthermore they never release product shots with European keyboard layout (let alone a Russian one), if you go to Apple Sweden or Apple Denmark or whatever the product shots always have the U.S. keyboard layout.
Yep. There'll probably also be a tiny desktop stand to dock with so you can turn it into a baby iMac with a real keyboard.muxbox said:
this sounds extremly useless to me, you must be kiddin', right?
taking notes on your iphone, which is in your pocket, while you're having a (fullsize-) keyboard on your desk? either you must be a perfect writer, or you haven't thought this through... how do you know you didn't made mistakes? how would you place notes into the right order? dude....
this is a stupid idea.... (no offense)
Maybe useless to you, but those of us with typing skills don't need to look at the result. I feel mistakes as I make them and can choose to fix them or just let it be, I'll know what I meant later. Know what order to place notes? how bout chronologically, with what is presented first on top, followed by what comes next. It's easy to keep them in order.
I think that is a great idea, just to have a keyboard on your desk and look at the presenter as you take notes, or look up at the overhead projector display or chalkboard to see what to type. I look at the source when I copy things typing, not back and forth to the result. That's for n00bs.
Sorry if you can't utilize such a setup. There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
Can people stop posting the Sony P series netbooks because they cost $899? We all know they cost $899 because it has been said at least 15 times already in this thread.
I'd never seen the P series, and after checking it out on sony's website, I must say that ironically there is allot of wasted space. The screen could fill up more space for one. Apple still has superior products in my opinion. If they do make a netbook they will do it right.
LOL the very first $1000 netbook lol
The Sony P also starts at around 900.
Even though Apple's products are always/usually expensive, $899 for this MacBook Mini is not going to sell. Why? not only is it just too much, but if someone is considering purchasing the MacBook Mini because it is cheaper, then they might as well throw in the extra $100 for the white MacBook ($999). The price margin between the two is just too small, unless you really need the 10 inch screen, and no bigger.
Plus, I'm not agreeing that this is going to be exactly how the MacBook Mini will look like when/if it is released. When Apple was qouted with having 'interesting ideas' with the netbook model, I don't think that means making a netbook that looks almost exactly like the Aluminum MacBooks, but thiner.
But that's just my opinion.
Plus, I'm not agreeing that this is going to be exactly how the MacBook Mini will look like when/if it is released. When Apple was qouted with having 'interesting ideas' with the netbook model, I don't think that means making a netbook that looks almost exactly like the Aluminum MacBooks, but thiner.
But that's just my opinion.
Yes.
I have no desire, nor any need, to carry anything bigger than 10"-ish screen.
I have no need for my mobile device to have a full power CPU.
I do have a desire to keep my gadget bag small and light. I can easily carry a 8.9"/9" screen device in my smaller gadget bag. I can carry a 10" one in my larger gadget bag. I will not carry a bigger gadget bag, period. Nor will I carry a separate laptop bag. If Apple wants me to own a mobile Apple computer, it will have at least a 7"-ish screen (because smaller than that is too small) and no more than a 10"-ish screen. Nothing outside of that size range is acceptable for my dollars. (it also has to have a physical keyboard, at least as an external option; that's the other reason an iPhone/iPod-Touch aren't acceptable -- no current official (non-jailbroken) support for a physical keyboard)
What I want/care about is basically something for checking mail, reading RSS, light web surfing, and chatting while I'm on the bus/train or in a cafe. In a pinch, I might need to use SSH to reach my servers while I'm out and about, or manage their web interfaces. Maybe run a VNC viewer. Maybe read some PDFs/ebooks/documents. That's it.
All of that other stuff that a macbook as the power to do? _Worthless_ to me while I'm mobile. So, why pay extra for something that's too big and doesn't give me anything I want/need?
The thing that's really close to ideal for me ... I have a Samsung Q1 Ultra with Ubuntu-UMPC on it. The thumb keyboards are a little awkward ... more because they're 4 row instead of 5 row, and some of the keys are awkwardly placed. If it had OS X and an iPhone-like Front Row overlay UI, Apple aesthetics, better OS/hw integration (a linux shortcoming), usable screen rotation, usable portrait mode virtual keyboard*, a translucent split-thumb virtual keyboard for landscape mode, some form of WWAN support, and otherwise had similar peripheral support and size as the Q1 Ultra (requiring a dock or not) ... it would be great. Bonus points for an attachable keyboard (like the Touch Book).
If it was a 10" screen, with no keypads/mouse-stick/dpad, instead of the Q1 Ultra's 7" screen ... then I'd probably be ok with that. 10" screen, very wide aspect ratio (more than 16x9), iPhone type styling, attachable keyboard, and the above features ... that'd be hard for me to pass up. Even if it was more than $900.
(* a usable app in the top half of the screen, a usable virtual thumb keyboard in the bottom half; so, full 80x24 SSH + keyboard for example)
Uuuggh who would buy such a thing!! I know Apple is all gesture happy over there but when I want to write emails and word documents, nothing will beat the comfort of a physical keyboard. Touch screen keyboard is fabulous for on the go and you can type and hold the device with one hand. But, I vote no on an over grown iphone, unless it was strictly for games and movies.
But hopefully not the price. $899 is too much when you consider the $999 MacBook. If it's a NetBook/MacBook Mini, it better come with a mini price, not $100 less than the white MacBook - which is far superior for $100 more.
