Apple developing a subm $500 laptop?

[jholzner]

That's what Looprumors.com is saying.

Would be a nice companion to the Mac mini. Wonder what the specs would be.

http://looprumors.com/

 

[doucy2]

well it would kill resale prices of g4's and g3's ibooks
i frankly dont think it wil happen
i dont think apple can afford to make sell an ibook that will only earn them a small gain

 

[Danksi]

LoopRumors has information that Apple has been developing a stripped down iBook model geared for low-end users. Whether the new machine will have an Intel processor or remain PowerPC is unclear. The price of the laptop is aimed to compete with sub $500 notebooks such as Dell's Inspiron B120.

Stripped down! Didn't think it could be.

Some saving perhaps:-

1xUSB Port
NO ethernet
56K Modem (low-end market right?)
No Wireless/or Bluetooth cards included
CD-Rom only drive

Nah, that's a really gash laptop and wouldn't compete with the Dell model mentioned.

Perhaps it's the current iBook G4, but heavily reduced in price - as rumoured because of the introduction of Intel machines?

 

[m-dogg]

well it would kill resale prices of g4's and g3's ibooks
i frankly dont think it wil happen
i dont think apple can afford to make sell an ibook that will only earn them a small gain

I don't think this will happen either, but not becauseof resale values. I don't thinnk Aple cares if their new machines negatively impact resale values of old/used machines.

That's what Looprumors.com is saying.

Would be a nice companion to the Mac mini. Wonder what the specs would be.

http://looprumors.com/

yes, it will be just like the mini - bring your own keyboard, trackpad & screen!

 

[Josh396]

I don't think this will happen either, but not becauseof resale values. I don't thinnk Aple cares if their new machines negatively impact resale values of old/used machines.

Right. They're in the business to make money, not to make owners of their computers money. That is, unless they're stock holders.

 

[hyperpasta]

Drop

iBook price will drop, but I don't think that low.

 

[bousozoku]

Stripped down! Didn't think it could be.

Some saving perhaps:-

1xUSB Port
NO ethernet
56K Modem (low-end market right?)
No Wireless/or Bluetooth cards included
CD-Rom only drive

Nah, that's a really gash laptop and wouldn't compete with the Dell model mentioned.

Perhaps it's the current iBook G4, but heavily reduced in price - as rumoured because of the introduction of Intel machines?

Which would make it an Ebook, of sorts, but Ethernet is almost free now though wireless networking isn't.

 

[Daedalus256]

Well if they do introduce something like this my guess is that it's going to have specs like this:

12" Screen
1ghz G4
2x USB 2.0 Port
56K Modem
DVD-ROM drive
Ethernet
256MB RAM
16MB Video Card

That looks like it would be around $500 right? You're getting rid of the combodrive, the firewire ports and display inputs, cutting down the ram and VRAM. sounds reasonable

 

[rdowns]

Has anything looprumors posted come to fruition? That being said, I would never say never with Apple these days.

No 2 button mouse.
No sub $500 Mac.
No video on iPod.

If they can build it and sell it profitably, they will.