Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 23rd Apr 2009 21:58 UTC
During the conference call yesterday about Apple's financial results, COO Tim Cook reiterated Apple's negative stance towards the netbook market. While many of us might want to see a relatively cheap Apple netbook with Mac OS X, all the recent figures do seem to confirm that it simply isn't a good idea for Apple.
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RE: No Surprises There...
by Delgarde on Thu 23rd Apr 2009 23:09
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Netbooks are neat and all. I have one, and I like it. But from a business point of view it looks to me like all those guys making them are a bunch of lemmings rapidly approaching the cliff... To me its akin to economy cars - their only popular when times are bad.
Only in part. If you're looking for a very portable machine, you seem to have two choices - go cheap (the Acer/Asus/etc model), or go expensive (the Sony or Apple appraoch). Unlike your car analogy, there's not really a middle ground - even in good times, buyers have to pick between two extremes. And a lot of them *will* continue to choose the low end, because there's little reason to pay so much more.
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I mean I wouldn't be surprised if Apple continues it's trend of trying to make their notebooks smaller and smaller, but they are not and will likely never be "Netbooks". They may even end up with close to identical form factors, but they wont be Netbooks - not in a market where the primary determining factor in calling something a Netbook is that its retail price must fall below some rapidly shrinking price point... Nope, that is definitely something Apple would avoid like the plaugue. Who can blame them?
Netbooks are neat and all. I have one, and I like it. But from a business point of view it looks to me like all those guys making them are a bunch of lemmings rapidly approaching the cliff... To me its akin to economy cars - their only popular when times are bad.