The era of the tablet Mac rumor is over. The new hotness is the ongoing MacBook net or NetBook Mac or whatever we feel like calling it this week.
Reports are surfacing that Apple is in cahoots with LG to build OLED panels for the new iPhone, the next generation MacBooks and you guessed it, the MacBook net.
Apple allegedly intends to incorporate touchscreen technology into its MacBook line with the new OLED displays from LG. Right now, the displays are magnets for finger prints and body oils. Ewwwww. LG is reportedly working on adding a thin layer in the manufacturing process that will eliminate a majority of those markings.
With the new iPhone expected to be the darling of WWDC in June, if this information is correct, a September announcement of the MacBook net at the iPod event seems likely. Or, Apple could pull off a late summer announcement for back to school.
Would you buy an Apple MacBook net for $400? Drop your answer in the comments below.
lukeforester1
March 26, 2009 at 6:17pm
I would most certainly, however it would not make sense to sell iPhone at $700 no commitment price and actual computers for $300 less. However if this was to come true, I would be in those pics on the apple site of first-day-on-sale-buyers!
gbstein
March 25, 2009 at 3:14pm
I would love to see a larger iPod Touch that I would consider similar to a netbook. Large enough to have plenty of memory and speed for running a full OS and software, but smaller than the MacBook Air. Much smaller. Something on the order of 5" by 8".
I would use this while traveling and especially for teaching - giving Keynote presentations with the ability to write on screen (and, obviously, put out a video signal) would be fabulous.
Maybe this would be a small market - too large for a pocket, but too small for a keyboard. But I think Apple is really going to push the touch interface in the future (look at all the gestures accepted on trackpads now). If Apple doesn't think netbooks are up to snuff, why not think different?
hallr7
March 25, 2009 at 10:53am
i really want to buy a new MacBook Pro but all the rumors going around make me want to wait, will it be in june or the normal september notebook refresh, and can i wait that long. I would so buy a Mac Netbook but I'm an IT guy so I'm better off with a MacBook Pro for home and a Windows Netbook for work, and yes yes i know i can run windows on a mac, but it feels so dirty.
THX10538
March 24, 2009 at 11:44pm
I don't think anyone should buy a netbook as any sort of primary computer...unless I guess parents buying them for children. But they are extensions of people's larger computers. I would just use one for taking around anywhere, because my 15" macbook pro is heavy
THX10538
March 24, 2009 at 11:38pm
If the Macbook Nano, or Net, or Mini, or Air2 or whatever they choose to call it is sold for $400 i'd be all about that. I imagine it would be more like $650 and range up to about $899 for a top spec version...and that's expensive, but inbetween normal netbooks and the sony Vaio P series, which is why I think an Apple netbook would fit there nicely
hawkwood
March 24, 2009 at 8:33pm
As long as it can do the usual online stuff, including play some basic games smoothly (Dinomyte from PopCap) then I'll probably get the wife one. Her 12" Powerbook G4 just doesn't quite cut it anymore.
mwmatter
March 24, 2009 at 7:36pm
I would rather save up the money and buy a real Macbook instead of a water downed version. Apple makes incredible products that are well worth the money.
Redhead95
March 24, 2009 at 4:02pm
If anyone from Apple is reading this, please do, that would be awesome!!!
