you can get a new dell for that much now. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. plus, for an extra $4 you can buy candy.

Stacky Botrus

I read a post on JKontherun about how JK thinks Apple can't afford to ignore the netbook. I tend to agree. If you can get a fully fledged OS (i.e., Windows XP) on a netbook for $400, you won't be inclined to get an Apple unless something is within range of that.

cobaltage

Most new laptops get 1 article showing them when they are announced. Apple laptops get 6 articles on the case design alone, and probably another 20 when the thing actually launches.

Aturayd

A $300 drop in MacBook prices or the likely possibility of an entirely new model are both tantalizing

Damned straight they are!

At the moment Australian prices (where I'm living) are incredibly good. The lowest MacBook goes for $AU1499 (which is $US1,005), so I can only hope this keeps up.

Although the AU$ was almost toe-to-toe with the US$, but that's all been fudged with the current financial response.

Much better than not that long ago where it was less "Apple Tax" and more Foreigner Tax. I think the EU gets (or got?) a pretty bum deal, too.

J France

I don't believe it. Where's the cute Asian girl?

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

I don't care if it's made from a brick of anything. But I do care about price.

FThorn

@cobaltage: As popular as the Macbook Air is, I think it was a mistake to introduce it at a time when Netbooks were quickly becoming the "Next Big Thing".

For example, if they release a Netbook now, with really good configurations (as they should), then they have to be careful not to steer customers away from the pricier Macbook Air. After all, a Netbook offers almost exactly what the Macbook Air offers: Ultra-portability.

It'd be interesting.

DW

Oh man. This is so freaking exciting.

DisposableInterloper

If MacBooks started at $800, I'd sh** a brick.
(Couldn't help myself. Sorry.)

DW

What the hell. Price drop - good. TWELVE configurations? Bad.

Onouris

i honestly check this site like 20 times at work. in an hour. it used to be that gizmodo was more entertaining than work, which it still is, but now i just really want to see an OFFICIAL announcement about new macs. i've got a new job and in need of a macbook pro so i want the latest and don't want to buy if in a couple days a new one comes out... but at the same time i don't know how long i can wait..

mariathephan

The regular PC notebook equivalent for that $800 macbook will cost $500.

Which leaves us with $300 for beer.

Herman

Good!!!, after hitting hard the mobile phones market and the mp3 palyers market, the only front left is the computer market, something not very hard to do thanks to the windows Shitty-Vista.
This will also put the shut up to all those who claim Apple´s products prices as a reason for not buying them (yes guys, the iphone at $300 is soooooo expensive compared to a HTC at $600, you are right).

C'mooon Stevie, you can do it mannnnn

faunaman

can I build a house out of these bricks? I have a wolf with a wheezing problem to fend against.

Elasticity

@macpro2007:
It's got a piece of plastic applied to it to keep it from scratching. Peel it off, and it's good to go.

DisposableInterloper

this pic has to be photoshoped because if you look at the speaker its all glossy witch means that the holes are covered up witch will ruin the sound coming out of the speakers.

macpro2007

I'm no fanboy. I currently have 3 systems all running winxp, and i've dabbled in a bunch of nix distros, but this is pretty exciting. Only thing that has been keeping me from owning a mac is the price. I've done the whole osx86 thing to death, but it's not fool proof and sometimes the systems can be buggy. Definitely stoked if this is true.

bobojuice

@DisposableInterloper: Yeah, that plastic sheet does appear to covering the entire top of the shell.

Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude

@cobaltage: Another problem with the netbook would be the price bracket. Apple has their cheapest notebook at more or less USD 1000 with a full OS and all the bells and whistles, and the iPhone at 600, with a very much dumbed down OS and more buck than bang. There is simply not enough room now for a netbook, it would heavily cannibalize credibility (if not sales) from the (overpriced) iPhone.
If it were a netbook done right, it would offer a choice of SSD or 1.8" HDD, 1-4 GB, HSPDA, WiFi, bluetooth, card slot and OS X. Add an 8" screen, and it would be hard to justify a USD 200 price difference to an iPhone, let alone a USD 400 to every other netbook. Apple currently simply doesn't have the price slot.
Drop the iPhone to 400 in the 16 GB incarnation, offer a touchscreen-only (but full OS X) netboook with the other features mentioned above, and now you can justify the 700-800 USD price tag. At least to me:-D I would be over it as if it were Jessica Biel bathing naked in the swimming pool behind my house:-P
But Apple has a history of never listening to me:-(

yogibimbi

Why do Ppl give a shit about this anyway, then again I guess Ppl give a shit about Paris hilton, I think I see a trend here, never mind, continue as you were or are.

MadCrazy

Once again...

"She's a brick... house! She's mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out!"

EricAlder

@faunaman: If you ignore desktops, Apple are considerably dominant in the computing market.

In 2007 the market share rose to just under 18%, with only Dell and HP above them. Go Steve!

J France

@Aturayd: And it's awesome!

It's time to set auto DVin' for obvious Apple complaints, I reckon. You could most probably get a bot to do it, as they all seem to follow three or four almost always identical themes.

J France

@jbang: Yepp yr right, I meant the prevalence of Mac OS to Windows OS

faunaman