Apple loses students to netbooks and Windows

[Stella]

When US students return to their classrooms this fall, few of them will be lugging along new Apple notebooks....
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/19/apple_losing_out_to_netbooks/

 

[Peace]

retrevo.com is a PC store..No wonder..

 

[r.j.s]

I wonder how many will keep the netbook ... I can't stand the keyboard on any of them.

This part is interesting as well:

The tiny size of the survey and that fact that Retrevo links to far more netbook-selling sites than it does Apple resellers colors the legitimacy of its figures, but the move to low-price netbooks is inarguable.

 

[Eidorian]

The new Dell 11z looks nice and you're getting a cut down Core 2 instead of Atom. Lots more power there and the GS45 handles video hardware acceleration too.

It's no ION but it's cheap.

 

[MTI]

I wonder how many will keep the netbook ... I can't stand the keyboard on any of them.

This part is interesting as well:

When was the last time you actually tried a current netbook's keyboard? There has been a concious effort by manufacturers to address the market.

 

[r.j.s]

When was the last time you actually tried a current netbook's keyboard? There has been a concious effort by manufacturers to address the market.

I try them every time I see them at the store - it would be nice to just throw it in my assault pack.

 

[rcf-dds]

"The majority of student laptop shoppers will not consider buying a Mac," says Renevo's press release.

glad i'm not in the majority. starting graduate school this fall and got my uMBP 13" in July.

been a PC user all my life and finally made the switch - never ever ever looking back. yes, we're poor college students, but the extra $ spent on a mac is damn damn worth it =). It's called a summer job! ppl need to stop being lazy and get one!