Comments on: Hey, Let’s Build an $800 MacBook!

By: twitter-chatter-what-are-we-hoping-apple-announc | seomcek.com

twitter-chatter-what-are-we-hoping-apple-announc | seomcek.com — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:38:19 +0000

[...] we know for sure: Apple is having an event next Tuesday, and it will involve notebooks. Possibly sub-$800 notebooks and/or notebooks carved out of solid blocks of aluminum. But really, Apple being Apple, it could [...]

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apple-notebook-coverage | seomcek.com — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:35:23 +0000

[...] Hey, Let’s Build an $800 MacBook! I try to figure out what sort of Mac Apple might build for the money. [...]

By: apples-tuesday-notebook-event-please-dont-call-t | seomcek.com

apples-tuesday-notebook-event-please-dont-call-t | seomcek.com — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:35:11 +0000

[...] price will be…$800. [...]

By: memoer.net » » two-possible-apple-responses-to-the-netbook

memoer.net » » two-possible-apple-responses-to-the-netbook — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:13:46 +0000

[...] $999 white MacBook that’s a pretty traditional Mac notebook that costs more than a netbook ($800, maybe?) but is also posher than one, with a 13-inch screen and a full-sized [...]

By: Geez.

Geez. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:52:02 +0000

Gez. Just paid $1799 Aus dollars on a new macbook… only to find this.

Life doesn’t get any better then this.

By: Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:04:59 +0000

Good point, Kevin. I’m still skeptical about a Mac netbook, though–”niche” is the wrong word, but I do wonder if they’re a fad. They hit aggressive price points in part by being pretty basic in terms of specs. And MacBook Air aside–and the Air is not so much tiny as thin–Apple has never seemed to have much interest in small notebooks (I still miss the 12-inch PowerBook).

For all these reasons, I’m still expecting the $800 MacBook, if it exists, to be a reasonably standard notebook. I’d love to be wrong, though, since a Mac netbook could be a lot of fun…and the Mac Mini sort of sets a precedent for Apple doing a cheap, stripped-down, tiny computer.

–Harry

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:42:11 +0000

More netbooks have been sold in the last year (their first for the product type) than all Mac notebooks in the last 12 months. I don’t think I’d call an Apple netbook a “niche product” based on the sales numbers. ;)

Before the recent rumors started, I guessed an $800 Apple netbook based on three reasons: http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/10/3-reasons-well.html

Having run OS X 10.5.5 on my MSI Wind, the standard Intel Atom-based netbook platform can handle the OS with surprising ease. It wouldn’t take much for Apple to make this happen.

By: the Innocent

the Innocent — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:51:57 +0000

Well the rumor is that Apple will use Nvidia chipsets on their new laptops so a guess Intel’s stuff would be cheaper. So i am thinking that the $800 Macbook will be the same specs as the current low end one. And while the others in the line move up to the Nvidia integrated graphics the $800 laptop will use the the same Intel stuff. Similar to what it did with the iMacs where the base config had Intel graphics and all the others had discrete graphics.

By: Technogeekanerd » Blog Archive » The Geekinator Podcast Episode #0026

Technogeekanerd » Blog Archive » The Geekinator Podcast Episode #0026 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:30:05 +0000

[...] Hey, Let’s Build an $800 MacBook! [...]

By: Rishi

Rishi — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:42:34 +0000

It’s always neat to see Apple come out with new updates; however, owning what currently is the latest MacBook kind of depresses me. $1500 a few months ago for something which may now be outdated. *Sighs*, I guess that’s technology for ya. I just wish the MacBooks had more upgradable features.