by Doug Aamoth on October 14, 2008
Tags: apple, netbooks
When asked right now regarding the possibility of an Apple netbook, Steve Employment mentioned one thing on the effect of,
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Huh? Here’s how the netbook market’s going, Steve: just about each and every significant pc business features a netbook however you. Apple’s a prime candidate for a netbook, as well. Know why? Simply because it’s nearly the only firm that might get away with marketing it for well above $500. I bet Apple could sell a netbook for at least $600 or more.
So why need to Apple, specifically,
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1. It will get men and women from the door at a reduced value point. Don't forget the Mac Mini? The Mac Mini’s sole goal is always to get folks who are scared off by Apple’s relatively large prices in to the sport. But there’s an issue; nobody really buys desktops any much more — especially not novice and/or basic laptop or computer users. Everyone buys laptops now.
At $999+, finding into an Apple laptop is a bit daunting for most people. But offer the Apple portable computing experience at near Mac Mini prices, and see what happens. There’s no big danger in offering an Apple netbook at $600 or even more, so long as the next minimum expensive option remains at $999. PC notebook manufacturers don’t have that same luxury. You can’t price netbooks higher than your cheapest notebooks.
2. Netbooks are big on the whole alternative operating system thing. Regular folks who would normally buy Windows-based computers are buying Linux-based netbooks without ever having used Linux before. It’s an even shorter leap to OS X. I mean, you already own an iPod, right? I use a PC for day-to-day stuff but I’d buy a Mac netbook for traveling because I know it’d be well-built, fast, and great for surfing the web.
“Regular” people would probably do the same thing. They’d say, “Oh, this doesn’t have Windows but a minimum of I’ve heard of Apple and I like the way it looks.” Plenty of men and women have a minimum of used a Mac before, too, even if they usually use Windows.
3. It is time for Apple to put out another small-ish laptop. No matter how light the MacBook Air will get,
Cheap Office 2010, some folks still want a laptop or computer that’s dimensionally small and lightweight. Howsabout a 10-inch screen? Even bring back the 12-inch screens. I saw an old 12-inch iBook G4 on the train the other week and did a double-take. They just don’t make ‘em like that any far more.
4. The iPhone and iPod Touch desperately need to be integrated with a thing substantial. I’m not saying to go the RedFly or Palm Folio (R.I.P.) route and make the netbook useless on its own,
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Office 2007 Professional Plus Key, however you want to make the netbook so that people can buy it without having to own the other devices.
5. Make the decision easy for everyone by giving it a multi-touch screen like the one on the iPhone/iPod Touch and a good keyboard like the one on the MacBooks. People complain relentlessly in regards to the trackpads, mouse buttons, and keyboards on today’s currently available netbooks. It might take an innovator like Apple to fix that issue.