Comments on: Apple Netbook Rumors Abound http://blog.laptopmag.com/apple-netbook-rumors-abound News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:25:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Baz http://blog.laptopmag.com/apple-netbook-rumors-abound/comment-page-1#comment-14945 Baz Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:30:27 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=8148#comment-14945 So if this comes true, Jobs was just fibbing when he said Apple had no need to produce a netbook as they already had the iPhone / Touch, and those were good enough? Jobs being disingenuous? Say it isn't so! Then again, maybe the marketing people have finally smacked some sense into his head - though he'll likely defeat some of the point by overpricing it at $700 or more... There would be the real danger that a, say, $500 Apple netbook with a fully featured OS (even a 'Lite' version of OS X) would completely gut Apple's traditional overpriced notebook market. But, on the other hand, such a device would almost certainly encourage a lot of consumers to reconsider the idea of buying a netbook running the obsolete XP or waiting to see what Win7 has to offer in favour of a device with a current OS in Mac packaging. But the incredible growth of the netbook market (often surpassing traditional notebooks by the same manufacturers) cannot be ignored, even by The Smug B*stard from Cupertino or Apple's shareholders. So if this comes true, Jobs was just fibbing when he said Apple had no need to produce a netbook as they already had the iPhone / Touch, and those were good enough? Jobs being disingenuous? Say it isn’t so!

Then again, maybe the marketing people have finally smacked some sense into his head – though he’ll likely defeat some of the point by overpricing it at $700 or more…

There would be the real danger that a, say, $500 Apple netbook with a fully featured OS (even a ‘Lite’ version of OS X) would completely gut Apple’s traditional overpriced notebook market. But, on the other hand, such a device would almost certainly encourage a lot of consumers to reconsider the idea of buying a netbook running the obsolete XP or waiting to see what Win7 has to offer in favour of a device with a current OS in Mac packaging.

But the incredible growth of the netbook market (often surpassing traditional notebooks by the same manufacturers) cannot be ignored, even by The Smug B*stard from Cupertino or Apple’s shareholders.

]]> By: Tim Brazer http://blog.laptopmag.com/apple-netbook-rumors-abound/comment-page-1#comment-14935 Tim Brazer Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:09:58 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=8148#comment-14935 Apple Netbook? I'll throw away my Mac Mini if that happens. Apple Netbook? I’ll throw away my Mac Mini if that happens.

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