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By: Technogeekanerd » Archives » The Geekinator #0027

Technogeekanerd » Archives » The Geekinator #0027 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:32:19 +0000

[...] First Take: MacBook [...]

By: thehumanyawn

thehumanyawn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:13:34 +0000

The $1599 MB has a backlit keyboard.

By: KenC

KenC — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:03:38 +0000

Do you think school pricing will make the $999 MB, a $899 MB? Schoolkids are the target market for such a beast, don’t you think?

And, the 13″ MB is really a bargain, compared to the 15″ MBP, seeing as it gets all the juicy goodness of LED-backlit screen, new fab, aluminum, etc. The only things missing are FW, Express34, and the separate graphics. If you had asked before the launch, what the pricing on a device like that would be, I’d have said $1500 to $1600.

By: Dru

Dru — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:07:52 +0000

You said:”… there is no $899 MacBook. A shame, because I think this is what Apple needs in order to really start chipping marketshare away from Microsoft.”

Huh?!? Did I miss something here? Apple has doubled it’s marketshare over the past few years. They’ve exceeded market projections for 14 of the past 15 quarters. Apple commands 66% of the ‘over-$1000′ market. And Apple’s year-over-years sales and profits are over twice that of the industry (15% vs. 36%).

Which would you rather have – large marketshare or large profits? For Apple and it’s sharholders, large profits are the way to go.