Dow Jones claims confirmation of Apple netbook - Page 3

It will cost more because it will probably need a much stronger battery to drive that screen and CPU. Starting at $1,099- $999 would compete with the white iBook. This will kill the Kindle, netbooks and the MBA- thank god.

That's so close to what I have in mind, it's spooky.

I'll add a twist to that: If the inside of that magnetic cover had a physical keyboard that looked exactly like the graphical keyboard that would pop up on the device, then you could use it either as a keyboarded (on a desk or seat tray) or a hand-held pad device depending on your situation.

If the keyboard is optional, then you have two price points.

I changed the post- sorry you posted before i corrected it. The fact is it was markedly slower than a MacBook.

I think so, too, but I was displaying an example of how the price could be set lower if it were carrier subsidized.



That is very slick looking, but ultimately impractical.



It was meant to be slower. ULV CPU, 1.8" 4200RPM HDD and an underclocked IGP. I wish the MB had the IPS display that is in the MBA.

Steve Jobs said something similar about a monitor with a computer built in behind it (like with a vertical cd tray -- i.e. the current iMacs) when announcing the iMac G4, but Apple eventually made it. Interestingly, Steve wasn't there to announce the iMac G5 either.

It has to fit in a coat pocket. 7" screen is fine.

The Kindle has a 6", 600 x 800 screen and is by all accounts a good enough screen for extended reading. A 7", 640 x 960 screen would be even better, especially with color.

Bear in mind this is four times the pixel count of the iPhone, thus four times the CPU/GPU and memory load. That sounds about right for the next generation of ARM processors.

This would be a very light device with long battery life. A transreflective screen would be best, since it has optional backlighting (the Kindle does not), but I don't know if such screens are available with good enough quality color.

Yes it is slower than the MacBook, but it has no problem running OS X.

WOW thank you MacRonin... I was curious to know if anyone actually saw my post.. but i guess your first never really does go as planned

anyways,
idk about that mock up, but I like to form

And when I say dock, i dont mean like a sega masters dock, but maybe something that can connect the tablet with something they already have, like the new mini keyboard (or the bluetooth keyboard, both w/o number pad). The dock part could come with it, and you can attach either keyboard creating your very own netbook, or it would act as a simple stand to charge it

I hate the idea that everyone is thinking INSIDE the box (or cube).

When I saw that video, i had an "AHA!" moment.. i always wished a tablet notebook could do that (affordably)

It it were subsidized I think it will be higher like a Kindle. The entry level Wifi would be the less expensive. I still say $1,000 at it's unveiling.

But certainly not its hinges.

Dude, thank you. You took my response words right out of my mouth. Obviously some people ads having a hard time understanding the point I was trying to get across.

I predict it will be available with internal wireless broadband service from a variety of cellular providers.

This will enable Apple to make an expensive "go anywhere" netbook and sell it cheaply - the monthly subscriber fees will subsidize the higher prices, just like cellphones.

This will also enable Apple to start doing business with other wireless players, while sticking to the terms of its agreement with AT&T.

In the end, Apple will be able to pit these telcos against each other in business deals to its advantage, much the same way it did with the recording industry and the iTunes Music Store.

Their netbook (the iNet?) will run the iPhone/iPod touch MacOS, optimized for the same applications and games available from the App Store.

It will leverage the GPS and motion sensing capabilities of the smaller iPhone platform, with the better performance of the larger Mac Books. The mobile apps will drive mobile data plan subscriptions, and vice-versa.

The (more or less) locked down nature of the platform will reduce piracy and give Apple even greater control over what its clients see, hear, use and buy.

Their netbook will be the razor, and cellular broadband and apps will be the blades...

Apple will not make a video iPod. Nobody wants to watch video on an iPod.

Apple will not make a mobile phone.

Apple should not allow third parties to create native iPhone applications. Nobody needs third party iPhone applications. Web apps are really SWEET.

Apple will not make a multibutton mouse.

Apple will never switch to Intel processors.

Wifi version $899.
3G version $1,099- $1,299
Both bluetooth.
Full touchscreen- no keyboard.
New OS running more than just iPhoneApps- Print drivers, iWork/Office, better camera.
Sealed green battery.

This is such a non argument that could be applied to any situation. Steve Jobs could come out and say Apple will never build a rocket that can fly people to Mars, and people could bring up the fact that Apple has done things that it said it would not do.

You are obviously not understanding the point I am trying to make here.

I know there is a server version of OS X, and I know there is a mobile version of OS X that the iPhone and iPod touch users. I am not refering to those versions of the OS

When you go to an Apple Store, how many versions of OS X to you see? You see ONE
Now let's say you go to Best buy. How many versions of Vista do you see? 5 or 6? I don't know the exact number because it's way to many versions to begin with.

The OS X server OS you can only get from the online store. And mobile OS X you can only get on the mobile devices.

What I was trying to get at in my comment was that OS X has 1 version of it's mainstrem OS which is Leopard.

Vista has more than one version of vista and the same for Windows7.

Why? Why does microsoft make it such a cluster f*ck for customers?

Apple has proven that making one version of an OS that has all the features and does everything right of the box. No trial software etc.. None of that.

And one more thing: windows ultimate is what $400? I can buy OS X Leopard for $120

Boom... Enough said

I really want the PC fanboys say something else.

the difference between the Kindle-Amazon/Sprint subsidy and the Apple/AT&T subsidy is that Amazon pays Sprint, but AT&T pays Apple...

The always innovating netbook looks nice. Alas, Linux only. Shame.

I'd be first in line for the new unibody aluminum iRocket. Toasty!

Humm....a big rumor..I wondered why Apple was up ...5.28 points.

Because if it ISN'T a rumor, people are going to LOVE it
Other stocks are up b/c everyone knows that Dell and HP and Sony will try to retaliate. If they do it well or not doesn't matter (see: HP TouchSmart, DELL XPS1, Sony Vaio VGC)

So it has to fit in a coat pocket? Why does it have to?

I'd rather have a case for it and have a way more useful device. Besides, they will be trying to make sure people know this isn't simply a bigger iPhone or iPod touch. The reason it needs to be 10" is two-fold. 1: screen real estate for a computer demands it be around that size or bigger. 2: It'll have a big touch keyboard across the screen that you will want to use both hands and all fingers on. 7" won't be big enough for that. You want a device that fits in your pocket, your coat pocket; get an iPhone. If you have an iPhone, then you don't need another device to do that.

Like having a touch screen keyboard on a phone? That phone seems to be selling alight. How you make a tablet computer more practical; is by running intelligent software on it, and by having a flip-out, or pop-out stand on its rear, you can call upon when you need it. Pop it out and put said tablet on any table or desk and type away. A lot of folks may find a notebook computer more practical, and if they do, Apple sells those.

That is some bad math.

Your sardonicism aside, I think that size touchscreen phone is very practical. In may ways more practical than a physical keyboard that is always there and never changes its key arrangement. But I don't see how a large touchscreen would be used by everyday people to do everyday tasks. I'm not says it can't, I'm saying that I can't see it. All I see are logistical pitfalls with trying to do typical PC work on such a device.

The NASDAQ was up 7% today. Apple is just going with the market. The rumor has nothing to do with it.

The entire market is up 379 points, not only Apple.

Take the iPod Touch and add a larger screen and some more power and the let the thing do some "lite" iWork tasks in addition the Touch apps which will get a few more features as well and call it the MacTouch.

Those expecting a MBP in a 10" form factor at a sub $800 price with handwriting recognition are in for a rude awakening.

I am not a PC fanboy, I use both, but will chime in anyway.

You may as well ask the question as to why BMW don't just make one car and sell it to everyone.

It is called choice, giving people more freedom to decide what they want to buy and what they want to pay for it.

Microsoft earn most of their money from the Enterprise, this should not be a surprise to you. They have a licensing model that enables them to get the most amount of money per license sold into the enterprise. Problem is that consumers are not usually willing to pay enterprise prices for any software that they see mainly not for commercial use. Consumers tend to use the software less, need less support and do not require all the features of a pro OS. And therefore do not want to pay $400 for a license. Microsoft then delivers a 'home' version, the lack of a few features is irrelevant, the price is the reason for doing it.

Why do you think this is a bad thing? If Apple had any kind of foothold in the Enterprise market do you not think they would be doing the same thing with OSX? Of course they would. There is no way that Steve Jobs would sell OSX to business for $179 if he thought he could get $300.

Why do airlines have business class? Why do hotels have cheaper rates available for tourists?

Business pays top dollar and consumers pay less in many different ways. Why should software be any different.

As I said it is only because of OSX's lack of presence in business that you are only saying this. To most people it is a good model.

And please, do you really think your average consumer is confused by choice? You need to get into the supermarkets more. There are something like 473,733,338,321 different brands and derivatives of washing powder on the shelves, is America facing a crisis of dirty clothes because people are facing a "cluster f***" of choice???

Get real.

If you follow the broader market, and not just AAPL, you'll see that the entire market is up due to "positive" news from Citibank (which is actually not really THAT positive).

Edit: Darn it, a couple of others beat me to the reply...

How on earth would a $1,099 netbook kill the Kindle?

That is like saying that the new BMW X6 will kill sales of Plasma's because it has a couple of LCD's in the back seats.

The Kindle is a great device, it is intended only as a reader, it has a battery that lasts for days due in no small part to the fact it does not require a backlit screen. This is the one thing that makes it perfect at what it is. You can read small text all day with no eye strain, something you cannot do on a computer. This is a good thing, why do you think it is a bad thing?

The only way that any new netbook will kill the Kindle would be if it were $300, had an option to turn off the backlight and yet still read crystal clear fonts and have a battery that lasted as long as an ipod.

In other words, don't be silly. Next you will be telling me that a new Apple TV will kill sales of frying pans just because theoretically you can fry an egg on it.

No, because the MacBook Air has never been considered a Netbook.

There is no way that Apple will be stupid enough to release a tablet as a mas-market computer device. Maybe one day they will release an expensive one for the nerds that does not require a great deal sold to be profitable but any serious netbook offering will not be a tablet.

I really do not understand why so many people on here have the believe that a tablet would be a great thing? Can you not all get passed the coolness factor and actually think about using a 10" iphone for a minute?

How do you use it? Balance it across your knee while you try to type on a virtual keyboard? on a train, on a plane? really? What stops it flying off your knee every 5 minutes? Maybe you can hold it in one hand while you type with the other?

Unlike a notebook which is much more stable and suited to having on a knee being that the screen is raised and pointed towards your eyes, the physical act of using a tablet means it will be balanced on the end of your knees and you would spend so much time hunched down over it Apple would be hit with so many lawsuits for crippling half of its customers.

It just aint gonna happen. Seriously, never. I am surprised not more people can see this. Design is not just about looks or cool features folks, it is about practicality and usability too. A 10" iPhone is neither.

The most likely scenario is a clamshell netbook with the keyboard replaced by a full size multi-touch screen. This is where your virtual keyboard would live but your actual viewing screen would be in the usual notebook place.

But to be honest, screw the virtual keyboard Apple, just put a real one on there. It is a design that cannot be beaten, keys are good, actually I would never buy a notebook without them.

tYpsed in MY ipHonze.

Sorry but that dog won't hunt. Microsoft has four (4), consumer editions of vista:

1. Starter
2. Home Basic
3. Home Premium
4. Home Ultimate

And I'm not counting "Business", which is not an enterprise level product either, since that would be the appropriately named Vista Enterprise edition, not to be confused with any of the various server editions.

I can certainly accept that a separate consumer edition, for the reasons you outlined, makes some sense. However, Microsoft has four, and it is quite confusing to consumers. For example, many people who get Premium understand by the name that they got the best one. Others imagine that Starter is designed to help first-time users, rather than being a crippled version. So it goes.

The reason Microsoft has this mess is that it is run by a salesman, not a product guy. Ballmer came up through sales. In sales you don't care about anything except making your numbers, and "flooding the zone" with price points is a common tactic.

Certainly product coherence has nothing to do with it, and it shows.

You're generally pretty solid poster, but for chrissakes, don't be daft on this. People do care.

http://www.macosxhints.com/polls/ind...8glossy&aid=-1

But it is not a mess, this is the only place in my life I have ever heard of anybody being confused by different versions of Windows. Honestly, I am not lying. Nobody has ever, ever expressed that opinion before.

I struggle to understand how the biggest selling Computer OS is in such a mess? What an odd thing to say.

Oh, you really need to get up to speed on your Apple history. Steve Jobs is really just a salesman, a bloody good one, but the fact is that his contribution to Apple has always been about selling.

*Please people don't chime in about how much more SJ does than just sell, I know what a salesman does, good sales people never just sell products, they also help direct a company and its products. But my point is SJ is not less of a salesman that Balmer.

I am sorry, but I have to comment again on this.

I am a salesman in enterprise IT and software and I have got no idea what you are talking about so therefore can only assume neither do you.

"flooding the zone with price points" is not something I have ever done.

Product coherence is the one of the biggest parts of my job.

And I certainly care much more than just making numbers.


This goes for every single professional salesman I have ever worked with or known.

What are you talking about?

Well, I mentioned that I think 10" is way too big. But let me get back to your point about the form factor. You say a notebook (clamshell) is stable. Well, it sure is stable on a desk. But if you are standing on the subway or a bus, could you hold a clamshell notebook in your hand to read the news or your emails?

Ya see what I'm getting at? The notebook form factor is desk based. Sure, you can have one on your lap for a while, but that's not very comfortable, and in any case you need to be sitting in an upright position.

Standing, or reclining on a couch, a tablet is much better, so long as it is not too large. The Kindle is about right, but it has wide borders and a smallish screen. Make the screen a little bigger, and you are there.

See the kindle is a different product, it is a reading device and not an input device. The form factor is perfect for something that does not require much interactive (bar turning a page).

People do not buy netbooks to hold them up in front of their face and read things off, they buy netbooks to take their most used apps on the road with them easily.

What you are proposing is not a netbook but a completely different device, you are talking about a larger iPod touch. This is a very limited product for a very limited market. Who is gonna spend $600+ on something like that when you can get a Dell Mini 9 plus change for something much more flexible.

I cannot see a real need for a device that only becomes really useful for people who want to read email (but not send replies!) while standing on a train. Besides, is that not what the iPhone/iPod touch is already for? It was only last year I was being told it was the best browsing and email machine ever - is it not that good anymore?

My whole point is that it just does not make any logical sense as a product, it does not really meet a demand or a need. Good products always meet a need. A traditional netbook from Apple will meet a need because there are lots of people buying netbooks and many of them might well buy one running OSX.