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Are you planning on buying a $599 Apple Netbook?

As the economic gets tougher, Apple will address consumer spending concern by offering a $599 Apple Netbook. A pretty good bargin considering MacBook sold for $999.

Does Apple know how to build a $500 dollar laptop?

Apple Netbook will have a 7 inch display? Macbook sported a 13.3 in display.

Apple Netbook could have a touch screen. Will touch screen compensate for the small screen side.

Will the lower apple netbook price increase Apple laptop market share?
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bdegrande bdegrande
 
 March 29, 2009 12:38 AM
If it runs OS X at that price, I would buy it in a second, and I have an iPod Touch, a Macbook, and a netbook running OS X. I do think Apple will bring something different to the table, perhaps a touch screen version of the OS, and I think that $599 might be optimistic, I think that is the absolute lowest price point they would hit.

I love small computers, going back to the Newton, Psion, Toshiba Libretto, small Sonys, etc. To me the smaller size and lighter weight makes a huge difference in how much you actually use it.
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• I think small portable devices with touch screen will be the captivating. Apple knows how to market and it know that customers want a device similar to iPod but with the power of a laptop. The device could sale for as low as 300 dollars. I think the move is brilliant.


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davepamn davepamn
 
March 29, 2009 02:00 AM
Has Apple indicated what type of OS it will release with the Netbook?

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mrnemo mrnemo
 
March 28, 2009 10:35 PM
I am not interested in the netbook. The screen sounds a bit small. I don't know who is still around that doesn't have a laptop, but I'm not sure if the average broke person would prefer an Apple over a cheaper model from Wal Mart. If someone asked me, I'd say spend less money and get a used 12" PowerBook, which is very small and portable and has been the most durable laptop I've ever owned. I would think the PowerBook would be more powerful than the netbook. I feel that these netbooks are a fad. What is the point? If you are at a location that has wireless internet, is it really that big of a deal to get out your laptop versus this small, power-throttled thing?

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bdegrande bdegrande
 
March 29, 2009 12:44 AM
Yes, it actually IS a big deal. I carry my netbook far more often that my Macbook because it is lighter and smaller, and I carry my iPod Touch far more than either one because it is even lighter and smaller.

It depends how you use your laptop. If "portability" is carrying it from place to place in a car, then even a 17" laptop will do, If you carry it or use it in cramped quarters like an airline seat, then size and weight matter a lot.

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johnsonaar... johnsonaar...
 
March 28, 2009 10:42 PM
Wow, you've got a lot of assumptions there. Many of them could be accurate, I too think ther's a good chance Apple's entry to the netbook market could be touchscreen.

The biggest thing I could say is that it would have to revolutionary. At $599 you can buy a very full featured laptop, so an apple netbook in that price range will need to offer features a laptop would not, it would need a touchscreen, maybe built in wireless EvDo or something too. Alot of people would love a iPhone with a bigger screen and a little more processing power.

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yagelski yagelski
 
March 28, 2009 11:36 PM
If Apple gives the hypothetical netbook mobile phone capabilities, multi-touch enabled touch screen, application download via iTunes, built-in WI-FI... (e.g. a larger, clamshell version of the iPhone)... I would buy one for $599.

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