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Analysts: $999 MacBook most significant announcement
Analysts: $999 MacBook most significant announcement
The announcement of a $999 plastic MacBook may be more significant than the revelation of metal MacBooks and MacBook Pros, say analysts with UBS and Piper Jaffray. The former firm notes that while the metal notebooks are more attractive, and boast features such as glass trackpads and better ...
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  • appleanne appleanne
    +1
    Hmmm still not $800 but its close, I cant wait for my $75 student discount :P
    Posted 10/15/2008 respond (flag)
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Dear Analysts: The White MacBook is NOT Apple’s First Sub-$1K Laptop
TheAppleBlog — ... That will be their appeal, and I don’t think it should be overlooked. Heck, I’m even considering buying a new MacBook and I didn’t even think I was in the market. Meanwhile, Apple did take yesterday’s entry level White (plastic) MacBook and dropped the price to $999. Sadly, analysts who refuse to even consider replacing one strategy (from a company that’s been pretty darn good at strategic thinking) with one they’ve been married to for a few weeks seem to think that that was the significant announcement today. I sometimes wonder how these people get their jobs. This is ...

Apple’s Notebook Family Price-Points Have Analysts in a Tizzy
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... MacNN is reporting that additional analysts feel the price reduction of the last generation MacBook may prove to be a saving grace. According to Maynard Um of UBS, pricing the notebook under the $1,000 mark  “could be a key psychological threshold.”  This could very well be an integral move in the face of today’s sluggish economic, despite recent upward movement.  Offering a sub $1,000 MacBook will help Apple reach a larger demographic, while more affluent consumers will still have higher end models with great configuration options. ...

Apple Refreshes 13″ Macbook Line
Elliott C. Back — ... When would you buy a Macbook Pro now? The $1,000 premium gets you a slightly bigger screen, another $50 worth of memory, a slightly bigger hard drive, and a much faster graphics card. For most people, the Macbook is the new Macbook Pro. ...

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