by Doug Aamoth on October 14, 2008
Tags: apple,
Office 2007 Activation, netbooks
When asked right now about the chance of an Apple netbook, Steve Employment explained one thing to the impact of,
Microsoft Office Standard 2010, “The market is just finding commenced – we’ll see how it goes.”
Huh? Here’s how the netbook market’s heading,
Microsoft Office 2007 Key, Steve: just about every single major pc organization incorporates a netbook but you. Apple’s a prime candidate for any netbook, too. Know why? Simply because it’s nearly the sole organization that can get away with selling it for well more than $500. I wager Apple could offer a netbook for no less than $600 or even more.
So why ought to Apple, in particular, get into netbooks?
1. It gets individuals from the door at a reduced price point. Bear in mind the Mac Mini? The Mac Mini’s sole function is to get people who're frightened off by Apple’s comparatively higher costs in to the sport. But there’s an issue; no person actually buys desktops any far more — especially not novice and/or basic laptop or computer users. Everyone buys laptops now.
At $999+, finding into an Apple laptop is a bit daunting for most individuals. But offer the Apple portable computing experience at near Mac Mini prices, and see what happens. There’s no big danger in offering an Apple netbook at $600 or more, so long as the next least expensive option remains at $999. PC notebook manufacturers don’t have that same luxury. You can’t cost netbooks higher than your cheapest notebooks.
2. Netbooks are big on the whole alternative operating system thing. Regular people who would normally buy Windows-based computers are buying Linux-based netbooks without ever having used Linux before. It is an even shorter leap to OS X. I mean, you already own an iPod, 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,
Office 2007 Serial, 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 no less than I’ve heard of Apple and I like the way it looks.” Plenty of individuals have no less than used a Mac before,
Windows 7 Pro Key, too, even if they usually use Windows.
3. It’s time for Apple to put out another small-ish laptop. No matter how light the MacBook Air gets, some people still want a pc 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 much more.
4. The iPhone and iPod Touch desperately need to be integrated with one thing 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, but 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. Individuals 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 problem.