Apple subnote finally emerging for MacWorld
You know it makes sense
WHAT DO YOU give to the company that has almost everything? Well, for Apple, that would be a thin-and-light subnotebook and a 3G Iphone, naturally. The theory that a subnote is on its way has been doing the rounds for yonks and for good reason – it’s as obvious as robins and holly tipping up for Christmas.
Apple has been executing better than anyone since Torquemada in recent times, but a highly portable computer has been what lesser publications would call a glaring omission in its line-up.
CNBC has reported that Apple aims to change that with a product half the weight of a MacBook. And get this: it will use Flash rather than a hard drive. CNBC only cited one unnamed source but this sounds very plausible and fits with what one huge Apple fan highly placed at a mobile carrier told us a few months ago.
CNBC also reckons that the 3G Iphone could arrive as early as May, by the way. Apple should do the decent thing and add satnav when it does that rev, in our not so humble opinion. µ
Comments
Simple solution
Easiest solution for Apple: port OS X to the eee PC, add a little bit more flash memory (16GB) and a slightly larger LCD (8" with 1024 x 600) and you have the perfect subnotebook.Add SatNav??
Surely they will hold off adding SatNav until v3 so they give Fanbois a reason to buy a new iPhone each year!Apple subnotebook
The sub notebook makes a lot of sense.. I've been waiting for Apple to make one of these for a while now. (even though I never owned any Apple products in my life)Sony actually has some flash only subnotebooks I've seen, but execution on these was indeed poor. (it was a bit ugly, and battery life was a lot less than you'd expect)
It also makes a lot of sense for Apple too, considering that they can get Flash for the lowest prices considering their existing volumes.
The only thing I'm worried about is getting one, and then finding out a year later you missed out on this kind of tech:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/13/speeding-flash-flash
Waiting for Jobot
While everyone has been waiting for Jobot to make a subnotebook, Jobot has been waiting for Asus to make one so he can have it. That tyke should do nicely.I've been wondering...
what happened to the 10" Eee. I guess it'll be the new Duo, but with a true SSD, a bigger battery, and you certainly won't have the option to run whatever OS you want.18 months
"Surely they will hold off adding SatNav until v3 so they give Fanbois a reason to buy a new iPhone each year!"I think new iPhones will come out every 18 months, that way the chosen ones will have to renew their contracts just as they run out. Imagine how upset they'd be if a new iPhone came out and they had six months left on their current pledge. They'd have to have two contracts.