On October 14, there will be an unveiling to the press of the new MacBook at Cupertino. The invites display an image that show a black MacBook with words below saying, " The Spotlight Turns to Notebooks." Of course with this veil of secrecy, there are rumors going around of what the new MacBook has to offer.
The last major revision for the Apple MacBooks was back in 2006. There have been slight modifications since then, but still nothing completely changing. One of the rumors going around is that the now currently Intel's Montevina platform will be replaced with nVidia chipset in the new notebooks. There are reports that say that the price of the MacBook will go down to $800 instead of the current price of $1,099. This will help Apple compete against PC's that sell at Best Buy and Staples with there laptop prices reaching towards the $599 range. Another rumor is that there will be 13-inch screens for the notebooks and for the MacBook pro there will be 15 and 17-inch monitors as well. The final rumor coming from AppleInsider.com and Macrumors.com report that the new notebook will be made of complete aluminum, such like the MacBook Air. This is different from the current versions where the laptops are made from plastic or a combination with plastic and aluminum.
We will know if all of the rumors are true after the October 14 unveiling. I think the most important claim made in the article would have to be about the prices of the laptops. With the recent battle between PC's and Apple, it would seem like the perfect solution to gain customers and really compete for profits. The lowering of the price, I think, will convince many PC users or those who are unsure switch over to Apple.
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This is pretty interesting, but the fact that this is nothing official concerns me. Apple is pretty smart to have their own website for "rumors," to get people excited about what may or may not even exist.
Some of the rumors sound pretty cool. I'm having a tough time imagining laptops made of aluminum; I've never seen or heard of that before. And I'm not sure if I believe that there would be a $300 price drop from one generation to the next - that's incredibly significant. But, they are Apple; somehow, they seem to succeed in the past five years no matter what they are selling.
I think that truly the best part about the Mac Vs. PC battle is that competition results in both parties doing their best to sell great products at a low cost. Whichever you prefer, there's a great deal of quality goods out there, and prices are getting lower every day.
I like your article a lot but I not sure I am happy with Apple. At Best Buy people have the choice to pay for a lab top that best suiets that individual, by Apple lowering their prices they are sending an illusion to people that it is affordable but in reality it still is too high. Since the beginning Apple's target customers have been upper middle class by lower their price to eight hundred it is still appealing to the upper middle class by making it roughly in their budget.
No matter what Apple does, a PC will still be a cheaper more viable option for most people. It is a nice alternative for people who can afford it, but the fact remains that PCs grabbed the lead and are holding onto it pretty tightly. Even if Apple can get down to around 800 dollars for its cheapest laptop, PC notebooks will be able to go lower even with the same specs.
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