[gaefstan]

Another eMate300?

[montgomery_burns]

"We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk."
Saying they don't know how is not the same as saying it's absolutely impossible. Apple has 2 choices: They can either learn how to do it, or they can continue repeating that line. The same goes with netbooks and tablets. If Apple thinks that they know everything that's wrong with netbooks and tablets, then why don't they show us one that is done right?
Apple should never have created the Mac because previous computers were unstable and hard to use.
Apple should never have created the iPod because previous music players were slow and hard to use.
Apple should never have created the iPhone because previous phones were limited and hard to use.

[montgomery_burns]

[quote name='johndrake']
> [quote name='Peter Cohen']
> >

montgomery_burns said:

> > Apple will never switch to Intel processors.
>
> Don't forget the newest one: "Apple will never survive without Steve Jobs."

Geez Peter, cut Steve a break, he is only on sabbatical, you've got him dead and buried already. :-

But you are right that if things do not get better for The Steve, that quote will be coming out of every naysayer with a forum.

But if Steve Jobs has to leave and Apple continues to be successful, then the media will start saying that Steve was holding Apple back, and that Apple is better off without Steve. This will force Mac users to choose between their loyalty to Apple and their loyalty to Steve. After all, Mac users are the ones arguing that there is more to Apple than Steve Jobs, and Apple will survive without him. In order to counter the "better off without Steve" argument, Apple would have to fail if Steve leaves permanently. Would Mac users want Apple to fail just so they can prove the media wrong? So either Apple is better off without Steve, or Apple needs Steve in order to remain successful. Which will it be?

[gr8fultx]

There will be no netbook. At least not one by existing netbook definition. Apple will not produce a product that intentionally limits the user experience simply for a lower price point. However, an expanded iPod Touch...

[leskern]

Ineed. My prediction: Less than one year from today, Jobs will be in front of a giant Keynote screen with his quote on it: "We can't make a 500 dollar netbook that isn't a peice of crap", will confess he was wrong, and will proceed to show you how they did it. Then he'll bullet point the 5 ground-breaking technologies contained. They do this crap all the time!

[dcpics]

I have a netbook and don't mind it for basic stuff and the occasional power use, but it is slow and can be maddening at times. But for what it is -- an ultraportable device -- it does a good job.

I think Apple already has the form factor they need: combine the shape of the old 12-inch PB with the stripped down weight of the Air. Change the 12-inch around a bit by kicking out the optical drive and shave the thickness a bit and you have a lightweight, portable machine but still with enough room for a full-size keyboard and probably space inside for a faster processor than you normally get in a netbook. And you still have space around the edges for all the ports you need. Yes I want a couple USB, I want FW800 and I want gigabit ethernet.

I have other ideas of how to it should look but Apple hasn't asked or signed me to a contract yet so I'll just keep dreaming. :-)

[tfrogh]

Bout Time. I have dreamed of a light weight email/web/airtunes machine for the house. Right now, I live with and aging G4 Powerbook for this purpose and have wrenched my wrist more than once trying to pick it up off a table near my shoulder on by the couch.
I had hi hopes for the MacBook Air, but they are sooo expensive and so flimsy. As tempting as the Beta model currently in the clearance/refurb bin in the Apple Store is, I require my Macs to be solidly built. The reports of hinge failure and spotty AppleCare repair support has me steering clear. And yes, the original Config was a Beta release in my eyes. It was far too crippled in performance for the hefty price tag. The current model should have been the official release. It has respectable performance given the premium price. Don't believe me...look at how long the ones have been available as refurbs. Nobody wants to buy them.
I look forward to a NetBook running OS 10.6 at speeds that make XP and Linux users cry.
Tom
Tom

[AdamDZ]

That's Mac, dude, not MAC.



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[JohnLindsay]

Perhaps what we are seeing is the emergence of the Kindle killer.
Jobs is wrong ( at least on some things):
I am all Apple except for my Acer netbook running Linpus. The Acer is quality.
Matt screens are better than glossy
Wider screens are useless for those of us who work on them
Wider bigger computers with integrated optical drives aren't wanted by me
Please give me a new 12" Aluminum without an optical drive.
or ok an 11" screen
Can we have a consumer sized (small) computer without doggy graphics cards?
How can the best computer company have such glaring holes in its product line up???