04-08-2006, 09:57 PM
This could make the MacBookPro one heckuva monster in the marketplace. Imagine what sales will be like when they're also shipping 12 and 17 inch models, and if they introduce an ultra thin model. It's not about going after Dell or Gateway, it's about Sony. Then when the iBooks are replaced with MacBooks, which college freshman wouldn't want one? Which k-12 schools wouldn't use them to stock their mobile labs? No more spectacles like the infamous Henrico iBook riot.
I think the folks at Cupertino feel they have a little breathing room, so they're giving it a shot. If they don't like what happens, or if it makes no more splash than their earlier two brain hybrids, they'll let it wither.
I'm bullish on it. You know how people keep suggesting Apple should port X to other hardware, and then put it on 30-day trial CDs to get Windows users to switch? This idea is about a million times better.
I think the folks at Cupertino feel they have a little breathing room, so they're giving it a shot. If they don't like what happens, or if it makes no more splash than their earlier two brain hybrids, they'll let it wither.
I'm bullish on it. You know how people keep suggesting Apple should port X to other hardware, and then put it on 30-day trial CDs to get Windows users to switch? This idea is about a million times better.