Apple generally hasn't competed in the low cost high-volume market. I
think they'd rather sell a few really nice products than a jillion units
full of compromises. So even if company x sells a million $500 netbooks
making 1% profit, is that really an arena that a high-brow perfectionist
product maker like Apple would want to be? It's like trying to enter the
market for USB thumb drives. You end up just competing on price and the
winner is whomever can find the cheapest contractor in China to crank
out the widgets. Nobody cares if they last a long time since they are
kinda disposable. Even on the iPod or iPhone Apple leans towards the
high end of the market. They target people who care more about quality
than price. The netbook arena as quickly becoming a commodity market so
leave that to the experts in that field.
CB
Jacob Schmude wrote:
That's true, for the time being. I think Apple may have to change
their minds soon, if you look at netbook sales figures they are
selling like crazy. If that keeps up for a few more months Apple might
just reconsider--out of necessity, if nothing else. If this market
stays strong, as it certainly seems it's going to, you can bet Apple
will jump in and grab a piece of it.
On Jan 27, 2009, at 13:42, Scott Howell wrote:
Apple has made no decision to enter this market. Steve Jobs has said
that if they do, it will be worth Apple's time and effort and will be
a benefit to the consumer. Which means they might be neat, but the
number that have sold does not justify the investment of resources.
Scott Howell
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On Jan 27, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Michael Babcock wrote:
look at the macbook air?
On Jan 27, 2009, at 8:06 AM, william lomas wrote:
hi wouldn't it be great if we could get a macbook the size of a
netbook?
I am considering getting a netbook whilst I love the macbook I hear
netbooks are even more portable, then the average macbook nowadays
in terms of convenience etcetera
regards, will
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