Report: Apple Making Touchscreen Netbook

Posted by Daniel Shain

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It's now officially been "confirmed" by "people close to the situation"... two of them in fact. Apple will release a touchscreen netbook by Fall 2009. Doing so would go against everything they've stated publicly to date, but I think I've figured out how they'll get around that.

Digitimes got this party started on Monday by reporting that the Commercial Times said "Wintek will supply touch panels for Apple's new netbook, and shipments will start in the third quarter this year". Dow Jones got in on the party soon after, confirming the story with anonymous sources who they assure us are quite friendly with the "situation". The "monitor screens" will be "between 9.7-inches and 10-inches" and Quanta will be making the computers.

Of course, there are a few problems with this. First of all the second "close source" is either contradicting the first one or just being useless, having yielded up the telling quotation "specifications and functions are still under evaluation." Also, although this doesn't necessarily mean the story isn't accurate, Dow Jones is not where I go to get my reliable Apple news. But the biggest reason this doesn't make sense is Steve Job's famous line, "we don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk." Those are pretty strong words and Apple hasn't really backed off them since day one.

My conclusion? Netbooks are hot and Apple knows it. Just like Sony caved, so too will Apple in their own fashion. Now Jobs is right about that price point but I think I've guessed their workaround, and I'm putting my $799 off to the side now so I don't spend it before September.

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  • By: amir May 21, 2009 4:20 PM

    no cd-rom _ no joy

  • By: Cynthia Mar 27, 2009 12:06 AM

    It's great that Apple will release a touchscreen netbook.As we all know that how laptops are useful in our life as we can use it in transit situation Your report shows a bright future to us . I am looking forward see this netbook.

    Cynthia Kurtz Laptop Computers South-Africa

  • By: taj mahal tours Mar 16, 2009 5:07 AM

    very nice notebook... i really like....

  • By: taj mahal tours Mar 16, 2009 5:07 AM

    very nice notebook... i really like....

  • By: Evil Elvis Mar 12, 2009 2:31 AM

    Thanks for the input, Charles!

  • By: charles Mar 11, 2009 10:55 PM

    It’s magnifying Infinite option for all. It’s really very true that a laptop giving us the ease of portability, laptop computers also use about 25 percent less of the energy that desktop computers use. When powered up in active mode, desktop computers use 126 watts to the laptop computer’s 30 watts. So, the fact that we can take our laptop computer virtually anywhere & we can use the laptop in a mobile / transit situation, It’s the best option for all. Report shows a very positive & bright future. Keep it up. Charles Laptop Computers

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