Tag Archive | "netbook"
Rumor: Google now planning to release branded netbooks
TechCrunch reports that Google is eyeing an entrance into the netbook market, and has set its sights on a 2010 holiday release. Google has, according to multiple sources, been talking to at least one hardware manufacturer about building a netbook for Google directly. As in Google gave the company an RFP with quite detailed technical specifications and has [...]
Continue reading...Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart
Sunday, July 26, 2009
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BoingBoing recently updated an informative chart which details which netbooks currently on the market are compatible with OS X. Of course, netbooks aren’t built with OS X in mind, but if you’d like to get your ‘hack on’, then by all means. Otherwise, this chart is purely for informative purposes, or is it called ‘research’ [...]
Continue reading...Apple dominates $1000+ computer market
Thursday, July 23, 2009
June data compiled by the NPD analysts reveals that when it comes to the $1000+ computer market, Apple enjoys a 91% market share. Joe Wilcox writes: According to NPD, in June, average selling prices for all PCs sold at US retail was $701, or $690 for desktops and $703 for notebooks. But the ASPs get more interesting [...]
Continue reading...Don’t expect a cheap netbook from Apple. EVER.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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Despite publicly stating numerous times that it has no interest in entering the recently popular netbook market, analysts at Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday couldn’t help themselves and asked COO Tim Cook if Apple had plans to come out with a cheap sub $500 notebook. Netbook pricing is by nature very low, and given that it’s [...]
Continue reading...Why analysts covering Apple are full of it
Monday, June 15, 2009
At last weeks WWDC, Apple unveiled a slew of upgrades and price cuts across its MacBook Pro line, with one of the more interesting announcements being the introduction of a new 13-inch MacBok Pro for under $1200. Apple also slashed $300 off the price tags for the MacBook Air and the 17-inch MacBook Pro. And [...]
Continue reading...Report: Apple to release $500-$700 tablet
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Despite its current popularity, Apple has repeatedly said that it has no intention of entering the netbook market. Interim Apple CEO Tim Cook has even taken the opportunity at 2 consecutive Apple earnings conference calls to disparage netbooks for having tiny screens, crippled software, and cramped keyboards. And on top of that, the margins on [...]
Continue reading...Another example of Microsoft lacking business acumen
Sunday, April 26, 2009
When Microsoft releases Windows 7, the version that comes with netbooks will only be able to run a maximum of 3 applications at a time. And in typical Microsoft fashion, the base edition of Windows 7 will also lack many of the features available in more expensive versions of the software. It’s bad enough that Microsoft [...]
Continue reading...Apple surpasses earnings expectations, stock up nearly 4 pts in after-hours trading
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Did somebody say ‘recession’? If so, Apple apparently didn’t get the memo. As a number of tech companies continue to struggle to stay afloat in this tough economic environment, Apple has once again exceeded expectations with its latest earnings report. Apple handily beat Wall Street earnings estimates by a whopping 24 cents!, reporting EPS [...]
Continue reading...Report: Microsoft to offer crippled version of Windows 7 for netbooks
Monday, April 20, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports: Microsoft Corp. is taking an unusual approach with its new Windows 7 operating system: Customers buying many of the least-expensive laptops with the software are likely to be limited to running three applications at a time and miss out on other key features, or pay for an upgrade. The strategy is one [...]
Continue reading...Report: Foxconn in running to manufacture upcoming Apple netbook
Monday, April 20, 2009
Digitimes is reporting via the Chinese language Commercial Times that Foxconn is in the running to become the manufacturer for Apple’s rumored and not-yet-announced netbook. This is just the latest tidbit of news originating out of China which hints at an upcoming Apple product with a smaller form factor. Just a few weeks ago, we reported [...]
Continue reading...MacBook Mini Concept/Rumor
Monday, March 30, 2009
Supposedly, the following photo came from a Russian magazine. Some are calling this rending a rumor, but we call Bullsh*t and will appropriately call it a concept instead. Anyways, check out a supposed pic of Apple’s upcoming netbook, originally posted on 9to5Mac.
Continue reading...Why Scott Moritz is an idiot
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Usually when I come across an asinine article from an established website, I title it “So and so gets paid to write for <Insert Publication>?’ But I thought I’d spicen things up a bit this time and call a spade a spade. Scott Moritz may very well be a smart guy, but he’s clearly un-qualified [...]
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
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