Comments on: Steve Jobs isn’t interested in Netbooks – just ask him

By: Billy Boyd Cape

Billy Boyd Cape — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:55:35 +0000

*COUGH COUGH*

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/04/11/steve-jobs-also-overseeing-apple-tablet-or-netbook-device/

Might want to update this Michael…..

By: arajara

arajara — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:09:25 +0000

yes, it’s true that he said Apple wasn’t interested in putting out a cell phone either….

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Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:07:21 +0000

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By: David

David — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:03:55 +0000

I think Steve was trying to stop the “Apple netbook coming ” rumors. The company has been negatively impacted by rumors in recent years and is getting more aggressive about stopping them before they can do any harm.

Let’s also remember that Steve said in the past that Apple wasn’t interested in doing set top boxes or cell phones and look what happened.

Apple is always looking for the next great thing and for opportunities to take ideas that have been poorly implemented by others and turn them into the next great thing.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:01:48 +0000

Apple also said they weren’t interested in entering the phone market.

I still think the iPhone is still too much of a toy to be taken seriously as a netbook. They need to open it up more. I was quite shocked to find out recently from a friend how difficult it is to use and access the hard drive. The original iPod would show up on your desktop as a hard drive and you could put files on it and even make it into a bootable drive for your mac. Why did apple remove that funtionality?

Why is there no Finder type app on the iPhone?

And Apple is also being a little too dictatorial on apps. Safari is far from the best browser on a Mac, allow more options on the iPhone. It’s starting to smell a little to much like the Microsoft bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows, which lead to their anti-trust lawsuit.

By: claudius

claudius — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:04:14 +0000

I am dissapointed in this. If I want to do reall work, I will get big mac with 24”, but if I want to travel i will go for small netbook, that is not heavy and smaller than A4. hope they will change their mind

By: tcbritt

tcbritt — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:16:33 +0000

what about an ipod/iphone accessory that you put the plug the iphone into and turns it into a netbook. it would be like a macbook shell with no drives or memory, just display and keyboard. the iphone/ipod would be placed in a port where the trackpad is generally and would act as the trackpad for the device(multi-touch). users would be able to access and interact with music, movices, pictures and other data contained on the iphone/ipod, while also interfacing with data stored on mobileme (documents, etc) I think this is a great solution. thoughts>?

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:10:09 +0000

I don’t want to see a netbook from Apple. “Netbook” is pretty much a synonym for “cheap underpowered laptop in a small package.” Why pay a few hundred for a computer that can’t do everything a computer should do? A laptop needs to do more than email, internet, and word processing…and you should be able to type on it.

I don’t like this whole netbook trend. I’m sure it will all go away in a few years, but until then I guess I have to just sit through the madness an wait.

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:52:30 +0000

I say Apple will likely go with a tablet instead of a netbook. I think that Apple’s multi-touch technology would be more suitable for a tablet and profit margins would be greater by eliminating a keyboard and hinged display. The netbook arena is getting crowded and I think that Apple would have a much better chance (although with higher risks) of starting a tablet revolution. The iPhone has done very well, and hopefully it can scale up and still do well. My only concern is how do they protect a tablet screen if it’s going to be put in briefcases or knapsacks. Maybe some sort of rolling cover such as roll down cover that desks use to have. Apple could go with a virtual keyboard just as used on the iPhone. It could offer an alternative of handwriting recognition, but I’m not sure that technology has improved much at Apple since Newton times.

Look for an Apple tablet to cost $700-$800. Nothing cheaper than that. I’m not making any predictions. I’m just expressing my opinions on a way Apple can stand out from the crowd of netbooks.

By: memememe

memememe — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:30:14 +0000

“The fact that Jobs was even talking about netbooks is a clear indication that there wonâ€™t be a netbook from Apple anytime soon.”

Anytime soon = the next 6 to 9 months. But after that, all bets are off.