A Nonny Moose Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Even with a good first quarter, people are still saying that Apple is dooooooooomed because of the lack of a netbook. Is it truly the sign of the apocalypse that Apple will be shutting down its doors because of the lack of a netbook? Are those first quarter profits lying? I mean record profits and record revenue and record sales just mean NOTHING because Apple will close its doors without a netbook. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
krrr Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 i would had rubbished this in last year cause apple has all their life walked their own path, sold old hardware and old models at high price and still survived and earned handsomely but now see at intel, it has closed 5 factories around world and sharp decline in predictions , Atom was its savior in terms of sales this last quarters . so i cant see Apple going unhurt without introducing netbook and they really should give netbook to users and see how it goes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1052092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Netbooks suck. Want a computer? Buy a real ultraportable by Lenovo/Sony. Want an internet gadget? Buy an iPhone. There, I said it! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1052291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaksauce12 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 With $25 Billion in the bank, I don't think Apple really cares about what people think. As krrr said, Apple marches to the beat of a different drum, and it works for them. Honestly netbooks are cramped and wimpy. I sold my MSI Wind because I got cramps programming on that tiny keyboard. Apple would need to release a 12" to have a usuable keyboard, like their old iBooks and Powerbooks, and that would just eat away at their 13" Macbook Air market. Plus a dual-core 1.6 or 1.8ghz Atom with 9400m courtesy of the ION system would just be too dang close to the Air for comfort. Not saying I wouldn't love one, but Apple thinks...different Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1052365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
inimicus Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 How about a netTablet? Oh wait. That's kind of like an iPhone, isn't it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1053365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 With $25 Billion in the bank Ka-ching! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1053422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 If Apple bring out an external foldaway keyboard for the iPhone and iTouch, they can swat the netbooks that they despise out of the air, whereas an Apple netbook, though something Apple are frustratingly sworn against bringing out, would damage the sales of their entry level notebooks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1058407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 If Apple bring out an external foldaway keyboard for the iPhone and iTouch, they can swat the netbooks that they despise out of the air, whereas an Apple netbook, though something Apple are frustratingly sworn against bringing out, would damage the sales of their entry level notebooks. That will never, ever happen. Take a good look at Apple's line up, 'cause I don't see it changing much. The iPhone and its successor will cater to the mobile internet crowd while the MacBook line will continue to dominate the high-end segment where fit/finish and ease-of-use trump the endless spec comparisons that dominate the low end market. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1058422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
inimicus Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Is the netbook market the same as the notebook market? I don't think so. I am skeptical bringing netbooks into the field would actually hurt their notebook line. I mean, I don't really care. I don't care much for netbooks anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1058605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnzw_rui Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Meh, Apple doesn't need netbooks. They've always catered to higher budget crowds so I don't think the lack of ultra-cheap, entry-level products is going to affect them overmuch. Besides, there are Apple fanatics who are unwilling to buy any computer that isn't a Mac (Hackintosh? What blasphemy!). I think more damaging to Apple would be if Steve Jobs retires. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1058846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 That will never, ever happen. Take a good look at Apple's line up, 'cause I don't see it changing much. The iPhone and its successor will cater to the mobile internet crowd while the MacBook line will continue to dominate the high-end segment where fit/finish and ease-of-use trump the endless spec comparisons that dominate the low end market. Apple are perhaps more recession proof than some, we'll see. Those companies without the luxury of such phones and a lucrative media distrubution network will continue to embrace netbooks and see them evolve, even if intel is spoiling the party by steadfastly holding off on bringing out a mobile dual core atom this or next quarter. Netbooks are still rubbish but people want to pay less and less for a marginally smaller form factor and sometimes my notebook feels like a hulking great dinosaur, albeit not a rather nice solid bodied aluminium... dinosar. The new entry level Mac Book looks enticing. Hopefully they have upgraded the screen. I still use a PDA with a foldaway full length keyboard, just wish I could get the latter working with an ipod Touch. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1060982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 Is the netbook market the same as the notebook market? I don't think so. I am skeptical bringing netbooks into the field would actually hurt their notebook line. I mean, I don't really care. I don't care much for netbooks anyway. The netbook market is for people wanting a machine to check their email and surf the web...which the iPod Touch does wonderfully. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1061028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Apple doesn't need netbooks. If they want to stay competitive in the long run they will need one. Especially in a bad economy, people only have but so much money in their pocket, and if they give it to another company making a netbook, then they have no reason to give it to Apple. As of late, Apple is its own worst enemy. The netbook market is for people wanting a machine to check their email and surf the web...which the iPod Touch does wonderfully Well it does it, but I wouldn't say it does it "wonderfully", at least for POP mail it doesn't. I spend more time deleting mail from our Touch than reading it, and all because POP mail does not sync Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1061750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The netbook market is for people wanting a machine to check their email and surf the web...which the iPod Touch does wonderfully. Exactly. Apple doesn't need a 'netbook' because their multimedia portables have all the requisite features. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1061773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I was actually reading a Mac magazine of my dads, and it had an interesting quote on Apples views of netbooks. "We don't know how to make a $500 piece of junk." Something on the lines of that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1061790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 "We don't know how to make a $500 piece of junk." Yeah I saw that quote too, but it doesn't take into account that Apple can still build a 300.00 netbook "mini" and then sell it for 500.00 I also read an interview from SJ where he said that Apple WASN'T against making a netbook, but that they just wanted to watch the market a little longer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1061808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snerler Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Considering how hot netbooks are now, apple does need one. Hopefully they are working on it. The touch may be able to go online, but with no keyboard and such a tiny screen its not a substitute. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1061823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 The touch may be able to go online, but with no keyboard and such a tiny screen its not a substitute. Yeah... comparing the Touch to a netbook is like comparing Judge Judy to Angelina Jolie Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1061864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pion Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 i considered the macbook air is netbook. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1061877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Its true they dont need a netbook, just like they didnt need to make a phone. They also dont need to make more money on something that would be one of the hottest selling computers in a long time. Its best that Apple doesnt learn from the iphone and release products people want to buy. I was actually reading a Mac magazine of my dads, and it had an interesting quote on Apples views of netbooks. "We don't know how to make a $500 piece of junk." Something on the lines of that. Ya, they only know how to make a $600 piece of junk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1062583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Its best that Apple doesnt learn from the iphone and release products people want to buy. You mean people aren't buying iPhones? All those lines on release day were just smoke and mirrors? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1064817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Its best that Apple doesnt learn from the iphone and release products people want to buy. You mean people aren't buying iPhones? All those lines on release day were just smoke and mirrors? I believe he was speaking ironically Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1067364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Well, without an *irony* tag, it's too hard to tell, hehe Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1068899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I agree with this 100%. In my very honest opinion, Apple went under ever since they switched to Intel. The computers are faster. The designs are better. But at the nitty gritty end the hardware has become overpriced in comparison to other manufacturers. Back then the hardware was the only one of its kind and the fastest of its kind. Now there are faster computers from manufacturers that have reputations like Apple's or even better. The only thing they have is OS X. Going to the subject of sub-notbook computers, the MacBook Air is an overpriced piece of paper. I'm getting a Lenovo S10 this June when I do have the money to get an Air but I won't simply because I won't support Apple. Until they become more consumer oriented, they're not going to be very popular. They've just lost a great customer in me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148612-apple-is-dooooomed-without-netbooks/#findComment-1069412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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