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Remember how Steve Jobs said that they would never build a netbook--and now there is the 11" Air. What he actually said was: "We don't know how to build a sub-
by GHFigs 16y ago
Remember how Steve Jobs said that they would never build a netbook--and now there is the 11" Air.
What he actually said was: "We don't know how to build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk."[1] Notice also how the Air is not in the same price bracket as netbooks, does not have the same performance profile as netbooks, and not referred to by the manufacturer as a netbook.
[1]:http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_47/b4156000345421.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_47/b41560003...
- frou_dh 16y agoIf only we knew how much it cost Apple to make each Air.
- masklinn 16y agoAccording to very unreliable BOM analysis (http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=3245509&olo=rss http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?ne...), $718 It's unclear whether that's total cost to manufacture or only the price for the parts. It's also unclear how they estimate things like the unibody shell. In any case, that strikes out any chance of "sub-500" as it's very likely an under-estimate.
- frou_dh 16y agoThanks. Sounds too high to me for the small Air, but what do I know!