Comments on: People Want a MacNetbook, But Will the People Get One? http://blog.laptopmag.com/people-want-a-macnetbook-but-will-the-people-get-one News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: seamonkey420 http://blog.laptopmag.com/people-want-a-macnetbook-but-will-the-people-get-one/comment-page-1#comment-13299 seamonkey420 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:25:40 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=5373#comment-13299 i don't think apple will or can respond w/a macnetbook. the pricing of netbooks are way too low for apple's known areas. for example, take a look at a macbook pro vs an hp or dell of the same specs; a macbook pro is a good few hundred over any of the pc variants. apple likes to make money on hardware; they can't w/a netbook. enough said. imo, not enough money in the hardware for apple. plus, osx on non-mac hardware is still for us geek mainly (if you want all of the good things like integrated wifi working and drivers, etc) so apple is not really too threatened by osx being ported to non-mac hardware since the learning curve is still kind of higher. however, these are my geeky .02.. :P i don’t think apple will or can respond w/a macnetbook.

the pricing of netbooks are way too low for apple’s known areas. for example, take a look at a macbook pro vs an hp or dell of the same specs; a macbook pro is a good few hundred over any of the pc variants. apple likes to make money on hardware; they can’t w/a netbook. enough said.

imo, not enough money in the hardware for apple. plus, osx on non-mac hardware is still for us geek mainly (if you want all of the good things like integrated wifi working and drivers, etc) so apple is not really too threatened by osx being ported to non-mac hardware since the learning curve is still kind of higher.

however, these are my geeky .02.. :P

]]> By: Bruce http://blog.laptopmag.com/people-want-a-macnetbook-but-will-the-people-get-one/comment-page-1#comment-13267 Bruce Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:47:40 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=5373#comment-13267 I think Apple is waiting for a dual core Atom chip from Intel. I think Apple is waiting for a dual core Atom chip from Intel.

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