Apple has just bragged about some mighty impressive financial figures, with iPhone sales surging by 626 percent in a year. But as ever, the real gossip has come out of the Q&A held with Cupertino’s bean counters after those stats were outed. Once again an Apple netbook was the hot topic, with any plans being slapped down by Jobs’ right–hand man. Read on to find out just what was said about an Apple netbook.
Only a few weeks ago, plans for a 9.7–inch screen Apple netbook were rife. But now Apple’s Peter Oppenheimer has said such a move is still very much on the backburner.
During Apple’s sales conference call, Oppenheimer answered questions about an Apple netbook in typically bullish fashion. Saying the Mac maker only wanted to produce “the best computers” and still hadn’t worked out how to do that at “the $499 level.”
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Warming to his theme, Oppenheimer said, “People want a full-featured notebook, some of the netbooks being delivered are very slow, have software technology that is old [and] don’t have a robust computing experience.”
Saying that Apple will, “…only play in things where we can be very innovative and be proud of,” his comments clearly suggest a cheap Apple netbook is not likely to land soon. That certainly reflects Steve Jobs’ previous statements.
But while it may not sound like Apple is plotting a cheap netbook, it doesn’t rule out unleashing a pricey Sony Vaio P style machine. Now that seems far more likely.
