The cheapest macbook cost’s you about 999$ with the configuration of 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR2 Memory, 120GB hard drive.Second alternative go for a Netbook whether Asus Eeepc or MSI wind cost’s you less than 400 USD.
The netbook market is a slim fraction of the computer market & growing rapidly.Most of Netbooks are compaitable with OSX86 check a report here. The number of people interested in running OSX on their netbook is a slim fraction of that. MSI Wind & Asus Eeepc are first choice as 500 $ Macbook.Nebook owners are proportionately more interested in OSX than any other computer owners.) Why are there so many people who think that Apple should get excited over a slim fraction of a slim fraction of the computer market?
Of course, in the future, netbooks may occupy a sizable fraction of the market. So, for all I know, Apple may be developing something in anticipation of that future. So many blog entries make the case, though, that Apple needs to release something now, Now, NOW! I just don’t see it.
I totally see how netbooks are appealing and useful. I totally see how OSX may rock on one of them. However, Apple doesn’t have a mid-sized tower. They didn’t have a mid-sized tower even when desktops dominated the market. Apple fanatics have been haranguing about that forever now. It’s clear that Apple doesn’t cater to small niches. I really don’t see Apple coming out with a netbook unless it stops being a small niche. They’re much more likely to continue the argument that they’ve already made: If all you want to do is read email. browse the web, play music and watch videos, buy an iPod touch or an iPhone. If you want to do more than that, they’d rather you spend $1000 and buy a MacBook. You, of course, are totally free to buy something else. However, they’re not going to go out of business because a small fraction of a small fraction of the market go buy MSI Winds.
BTW, someone may say that a $600 Mac netbook is the right price now. However, if Apple actually announced such a device, we will probably lose track of the sheer number of people complaining about how it’s too expensive. I mean, there are $600 netbooks on the market now that people complain are too expensive.
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