that makes sense, why not price cuts for iMac also, $200 across the line?
i am sad, mac mini will disappear sooner or later ...
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Apple to Launch an $800 Laptop?
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that makes sense, why not price cuts for iMac also, $200 across the line?
i am sad, mac mini will disappear sooner or later ...
Apple products are high-grade products with a lot of great features, but their quality unfortunately has not been the best recently. Maybe it is growing pains or whatever.
I look forward to seeing what they dish out. My 12" PB felt old for the first time these past few weeks. Maybe I just need to get more RAM
You don't already have it maxed out at 1.25gb? noob.
You don't already have it maxed out at 1.25gb? noob.
It has to fit the budget and presents itself as a great upgrade when I feel the time is there. Little gifts make me happy.
Edit: I think this is the first time in my life I have been called a noob
*gives a yellow star sticker*
so intel make superior chips for apple then for the pc world even though they have the same model numbers
spot the fanboy
You misread as well.
Spot the arrogant mac user...As I stated. they are the same chipsets in the T60 and Macbook Pro. Eldorian suggested that Apple look into other processors/chipsets, thus lowering the cost of the machine by using less costly and perhaps less performance "quality" materials is all I am saying.
I dont think so we hear people talking about how apple should make a cheap small laptop to combat the eeepc etc..
dont know if you have noticed but the same company;s are releasing tiny mac mini ripoffs too
You misread again.
As I stated. they are the same chipsets in the T60 and Macbook Pro. Eldorian suggested that Apple look into other processors/chipsets, thus lowering the cost of the machine by using less costly and perhaps less performance "quality" materials is all I am saying.
fair enough funboy
$600 plus $200 for the applecare - sounds pretty sweet to me..... I know a lot of people would jump on that market.....
Edit: I think this is the first time in my life I have been called a noob
SUPER NOOB
Perhaps you misread.
I was referring to parts, not assembly.
The mysterious illusion of apple's build quality aside,
You can buy thinkpads and dells with intel nic's and ti firewire chipsets etc and macs with realtek and agere... (and vice versa) - screens, keyboards, input devices, there's 10000s of choices. What should be important isn't your assumption on quality or whatever, but actually what you do get for your $
I want quality components and design as well.You misread as well.
As I stated. they are the same chipsets in the T60 and Macbook Pro. Eldorian suggested that Apple look into other processors/chipsets, thus lowering the cost of the machine by using less costly and perhaps less performance "quality" materials is all I am saying.
You can have a good looking Mac with Pentium Dual Core or older Core 2 Duo and integrated Intel graphics at a lower price.
How do you guys know the $800 pertains to the macbook?
Macbook Air is not just a laptop you know. Its an entire new line. Perhaps the $800 notebook will be in the Macbook Air line.
Macbook Air is not just a laptop you know. Its an entire new line. Perhaps the $800 notebook will be in the Macbook Air line.
so intel make superior chips for apple then for the pc world even though they have the same model numbers
spot the fanboy
Well put it this way, A Dell Latitude 505 back in the day commonly had more issues than Thinkpad, or HP laptops of the same basic chipset. Just because they use the same basic processor, graphics, or memory specifications, doesn't mean that the case design, industrial design of the logicboard, or cables are the same. The placement of fans, movable parts, or connectors can have a huge effect on reliability of such devices. It is quite possible that the OPs Macbook may have had better industrial design than the units he compares them to.
Where in Inquisitr's article it says that the 12 prices are all regarding the laptop range? Couldn't the other 4 prices be related to the iMac/Mac Pro/Mini? Or possibly related to Time Machine etc. and other accessories? I do remember an iMac update was to be within these months as quoted by AppleInsider.
I doubt it. Ultra-portable lines are typically VERY expensive, because the target market is business users.
Typically.
Well put it this way, A Dell Latitude 505 back in the day commonly had more issues than Thinkpad, or HP laptops of the same basic chipset. Just because they use the same basic processor, graphics, or memory specifications, doesn't mean that the case design, industrial design of the logicboard, or cables are the same. The placement of fans, movable parts, or connectors can have a huge effect on reliability of such devices. It is quite possible that the OPs Macbook may have had better industrial design than the units he compares them to.
yer reaching, I have opened up ibooks, macbooks and macmini's.
nothing special in there
Nah the Air is apples premium/fashion notebook, it makes no sense at all for the cheapest notebook to come from that range.
- MacBook 13" 2.26GHz 1280*800 integrated GPU $899
- MacBook 13" 2.40GHz 1280*800 integrated GPU $1099*
- MacBook 13" 2.53GHz 1280*800 integrated GPU $1299
- MacBook 15" 2.40GHz 1440*900 integrated GPU $1399 (+$300 vs the similar 13" model*)
- MacBook 15" 2.53GHz 1440*900 integrated GPU $1599
- MacBook Air 120GB HDD 1.86GHz integrated GPU $1799 (speedbump + storagebump vs current model)
- MacBook Pro 15" 2.53GHz 1680*1050 dedicated GPU $1999 (speedbump + displaybump vs current model)
- MacBook Pro 17" 2.53GHz 1920*1200 dedicated GPU $2299 (displaybump + price cut)
- MacBook Air 80GB SSD 1.86GHz integrated GPU $2399 (+$600 for the 80GB SDD)
- MacBook Pro 15" 2.80GHz 1680*1050 dedicated GPU $2499
- MacBook Pro 17" 2.80GHz 1920*1200 dedicated GPU $2799
- MacBook Air 160GB SSD 1.86GHz integrated GPU $3099 (+$1300 for the 160GB SDD)
A $799 MacBook would be great, but if it includes a ComboCrap Drive I will be very angry. Apple must kill the Combo from the entry level machines.
I thought of the Air as portable without the features and Macbook as entry level full featured. I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around a full featured Macbook for $800.
Cut the arty-farty edges off the air and sell it in 'boring matt black' for cheap then, I'll have one.
well said
Macbook = value substance over style
Macbook Air = style over substance (pay me big bucks biatch)
Macbook Pro = Professional Laptop apparently
The world economy is being devastated (intentionally, I might add).
Apple had better start making their gear more affordable or they will loose a lot of the market share they have gained in the past several years.
Besides, there is a logic to making "entry-level" units. Camera makers have been playing that game for awhile. They get people to buy into their system with a well-appointed starter model, and then they are hooked, as it were.
A cheap MacBook and even cheaper MacMini would bring a lot of people over to Mac. Once in, they will stay and upgrade.
Apple had better start making their gear more affordable or they will loose a lot of the market share they have gained in the past several years.
Besides, there is a logic to making "entry-level" units. Camera makers have been playing that game for awhile. They get people to buy into their system with a well-appointed starter model, and then they are hooked, as it were.
A cheap MacBook and even cheaper MacMini would bring a lot of people over to Mac. Once in, they will stay and upgrade.
