by Doug Aamoth on October 14, 2008
Tags: apple, netbooks
When asked nowadays concerning the possibility of an Apple netbook, Steve Work explained some thing on the effect of, “The marketplace is just finding commenced – we’ll see the way it goes.”
Huh? Here’s how the netbook market’s going, Steve: virtually each and every key laptop or computer business features a netbook but you. Apple’s a prime candidate for the netbook, too. Know why? Simply because it is just about the sole company that might get away with marketing it for nicely over $500. I wager Apple could sell a netbook for no less than $600 or more.
So why need to Apple, particularly, get into netbooks?
1. It will get people in the door at a lower price point. Bear in mind the Mac Mini? The Mac Mini’s sole function would be to get men and women who're scared off by Apple’s comparatively high rates into your sport. But there’s a problem; nobody truly buys desktops any much more — especially not novice and/or basic pc users. Everyone buys laptops now.
At $999+,
Microsoft Office Professional Plus, finding into an Apple laptop is a bit daunting for most folks. But offer the Apple portable computing experience at near Mac Mini prices,
Windows 7 Ultimate Key, and see what happens. There is no big danger in offering an Apple netbook at $600 or 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 individuals 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,
Windows 7 32 Bit, you already own an iPod,
Office Home And Student 2010, 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” individuals would probably do the same thing. They’d say, “Oh, this doesn’t have Windows but at least I’ve heard of Apple and I like the way it looks.” Plenty of men and women have at the very least used a Mac before, as well, 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 gets, some folks still want a personal 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 a lot more.
4. The iPhone and iPod Touch desperately need to be integrated with something substantial. I’m not saying to go the RedFly or Palm Folio (R.I.P.) route and make the netbook useless on its own, but maybe make the netbook the one device that lets you easily tether your iPhone or perhaps include pre-set wireless synchronization or a thing. I’m also a huge fan of the idea of letting the iPhone/iPod Touch serve as the trackpad for the device,
Office 2010, however you want to make the netbook so that men and women 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. Folks complain relentlessly about the trackpads, mouse buttons, and keyboards on today’s currently available netbooks. It might take an innovator like Apple to fix that difficulty.
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