Apple May Be Re-Entering the Sub-Notebook Market

An anonymous reader writes "AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has plans to reenter the sub-notebook market this year. The project, the article states, should be unveiled around the time of WWDC (summer). Drawing parallels to the legendary PowerBook 2400, the sub-notebook will offer some of the best elements of old and new. With a small footprint, light weight, and manageable screen it will fill a niche not currently occupied by any Apple hardware. At the same time, it will offer some new technologies that the current crop of computers do not: 'The new MacBook model is expected to introduce some features not yet available with Apple's existing notebook offerings, such as onboard NAND flash. Plans reportedly call for the notebook to be the first of the company's MacBook offerings to utilize the solid-state memory in order to improve power efficiency and facilitate near instantaneous boot times. This feature, however, had not been frozen upon last check.' Apple hopes this micro-notebook will capture interest both here in the states and in Japan, where the appeal of small consumer electronics may offset the current weak computer market."

Comments

Re:Nowhere to go.

[drinkypoo]

If you want real work, you want a machine other than the MBP. It doesn't have a number pad, which is why I got a compaq instead (nw9440). It also has ATI graphics, which suck ass if you want to run anything other than OSX, while this compaq has nVidia QuadroFX. Oh yeah, and this laptop has three buttons instead of one. I would forgive the lack of a number pad in favor of the backlight but I cannot forgive the lack of three buttons. Or even two.

Re:Mac Tablets

[mrchaotica]

Personally, I hope Apple does not come out with a tablet until at least two or three years from now, because I just gave up on waiting and bought a Thinkpad tablet instead (which I hope to run OS X on).

Incidentally, do you know of any Mac equivalent to OneNote?