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Apple Touchscreen Netbook to Launch in October at $800?
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If you want a Core 2 then it's going to be a CULV. You're looking at nothing more than a smaller MacBook Air then.
Duh! Who did not see this coming?
Rumors from months back that Apple had ordered 10 inch screens. During last years quarter call they said no netbook but they are working on something. Remember just because has a small screen doesn't make it a netbook. Apple updates all notebooks during the summer when usually they wait until september. They re-branded the lineup leaving the white macbook as a filler.
Rumors from months back that Apple had ordered 10 inch screens. During last years quarter call they said no netbook but they are working on something. Remember just because has a small screen doesn't make it a netbook. Apple updates all notebooks during the summer when usually they wait until september. They re-branded the lineup leaving the white macbook as a filler.
No I'm not. A smaller MBA will only cost a tiny bit less and you'll still be paying more than you should for a crappy computer.
The MBA is a premium ultra portable with a cost that reflects that. A netbook however, isn't expensive and isn't designed to be ultra portable.
I can't see Apple putting an Atom in anything. It just isn't powerful enough.
Please tell me what you're going to use then if it's not Atom or a Core 2 CULV then.
No, it isn't.
I said it already. A scaled down MBA will cost too much to be qualified as a netbook. The MBA, until recently, had the power of a netbook. People who bought a netbook didn't even think to cross shop the netbook with the MBA because it was too expensive.
The MacBook Air has always had more power than a netbook. If you want Core 2 over Atom then it's just a slower clocked, smaller MacBook Air.
If you go with a touchscreen only it's some weird MID.
I really don't see why Apple is so resistant to the idea of making a netbook. A netbook is not meant to be a main computer, so it introduces more people to OSX who are then more likely to buy one of the bigger Macs.
The failings of the netbooks are that they don't have the grunt to run Vista and so most are stuck with XP. OSX doesn't have the heavy system requirements of Vista, no need to cutback there.
Apple could take the standard netbook components, add a stylish case around them and sell it for considerably more than an average netbook. Result, more OSX users and more customers for peripherals etc.
The failings of the netbooks are that they don't have the grunt to run Vista and so most are stuck with XP. OSX doesn't have the heavy system requirements of Vista, no need to cutback there.
Apple could take the standard netbook components, add a stylish case around them and sell it for considerably more than an average netbook. Result, more OSX users and more customers for peripherals etc.
I translated the article via google translate it's note a netbook
It even says it's not going to compete with the netbook market but rather it's direct competition will be the sony vaio p
So for the last time it's not a netbook. When they said they do not do netbooks they meant it.
It even says it's not going to compete with the netbook market but rather it's direct competition will be the sony vaio p
So for the last time it's not a netbook. When they said they do not do netbooks they meant it.
I think that the current full sized keyboard would fit in a 9" clamshell notebook but there wouldn't be too much room for anything else
Agreed completely.
Can I see that flowchart?
Mini-tablet? Doesn't look like it anymore I wonder how they'll combine touchscreen with Mac OS X.
Here's the Google translation for anyone interested:
The article said 9.7" wide. I don't know if that was referring to the diagonal of the screen. If it's referring to the length of the screen, then the diagonal would be 11.4" (9.7"/cos(32º)).
Sorry. The article is referring to the diagonal of the screen. I apologize for my misinterpretation of the original article.
You've never used one.
And Apple don't know how to make a Netbook. Here's why.
A netbook has to be CHEAP. Very very CHEAP. £300 is expensive for a netbook.
Apple will be charging 50%+ over the top
I hope this 'Netbook' is really the tablet idea. I still think that a larger format of touchscreen device like a 9" iPhone is the best way to do a netbook.
Full of win
Here's to hoping that it has an app store coz thats where all the action will be at. Small and portable tablet with a bunch of useful apps that are designed around a 9.7" screen is much better than desktop apps shoehorned into a netbook with a 7~11" screen.
I think an on screen keyboard wouldn't be too far fetch for most input requirements i.e. username/passwords, short emails, urls. Writing essays might require a bluetooth/usb keyboard though.
Hopefully this will be an intel platform so we get the full MacOS experience. Just think if you could hook this up to a digital camera and control all its functions and get live view directly on the tablet. So many wonderful possibilities.
Here's to hoping that it has an app store coz thats where all the action will be at. Small and portable tablet with a bunch of useful apps that are designed around a 9.7" screen is much better than desktop apps shoehorned into a netbook with a 7~11" screen.
I think an on screen keyboard wouldn't be too far fetch for most input requirements i.e. username/passwords, short emails, urls. Writing essays might require a bluetooth/usb keyboard though.
Hopefully this will be an intel platform so we get the full MacOS experience. Just think if you could hook this up to a digital camera and control all its functions and get live view directly on the tablet. So many wonderful possibilities.
Why not just make a netbook with atom etc. but make OS X work perfectly on it, maybe throw in some fancy Apple stuff? And ya know... only charge $500. Anyone with a Dell 9/Acer/MSi Wind can rig up a "Mac" with 90% of the features and it runs just peachy.
If memory serves, there was a rumor of a large purchase of either 10.1 or 10.4 inch screens. So 9.7 inch doesn't sound right.
Some have suggested a smaller MBA. Concept wise that might work.
Also, I don't understand comments regarding being able to use the NetBook for tasks such as rendering a movie via iMovie. IMHO, that's not what a NetBook is for.
My guess is that it will be some sort of tablet oriented device. Rumor wise, it will be a long time until October.
Some have suggested a smaller MBA. Concept wise that might work.
Also, I don't understand comments regarding being able to use the NetBook for tasks such as rendering a movie via iMovie. IMHO, that's not what a NetBook is for.
My guess is that it will be some sort of tablet oriented device. Rumor wise, it will be a long time until October.
The mac mini does not have a monitor. Then add touchscreen to it, and that gets you around the $800 area. If true.
