After the laptop event in October, Apple’s hopes of releasing a netbook were dashed. “We’ll see what happens,” Steve Jobs said during a question-and-answer session. When Jobs announced the news, he said the market was too small.
But one has to wonder if Apple is telling the truth. As for the October 14 episode, Steve may be right not to broadcast it now, but who knows how far technology has come. The technology is there, and they’ve made the MacBook Air smaller and lighter than other laptops. The only question is whether Apple can live up to its standards.
Apart from the technology, another factor that influenced his opinion was that Apple never wanted to reduce the sales of its products. You can tell people to launch a netbook (or MacBook mini) within months of buying a MacBook, so why do you think the netbook is coming? I’m not saying it’s bad or that Apple is lying and unreliable. It’s a really cool Apple’s efficient business model, you can’t go anywhere without seeing, hearing, talking or breathing i-Something. Thus, mesh boxes are easily stored to make room for new product lines.
The $999 MacBook can also claim to be a laptop. Sure, it’s bigger, bigger, and more expensive than a regular Internet computer, and it doesn’t have the same features (or even more), but it’s a lot cheaper than a typical Apple laptop.
When Apple updates their laptops to look more like the Macbook Air [and iMac], I think there’s a lot of potentials to streamline Apple’s entire product line. iPod is currently available in Shuffle, Nano, Classic, and Touch variants. Laptops: Macbook, Macbook Pro, Macbook Air; The desktop computers are: Mac Pro, iMac, and Mac Mini. There are a lot of names among these product lines now, and while I don’t think they’re confusing, I think they could have used a better strategy to group them into simpler categories.
Since Apple released the first iMac, they’ve tried to serve two types of customers: hardcore, powerhouse, and casual. Since then, Apple has expanded its product range, offering many different models for all types of users. They have created the following templates as well as core tags which do it well. But I thought it would be a little confusing with all these different models and names.
To solve this problem, Apple iMac pro i7 4k may introduce a completely new layer system. This will create a bridge between product lines and create an easy shopping system for people who want to buy different product lines. And, as Apple has done, it will incorporate a new aluminum body color scheme with black accents across all of its products, including the black switches on the keyboard. From desktops to monitors, laptops and iPods. The only exception is the iPod nano, which will be the entry-level iPod and will be available in multiple colors [from now on]. Not only do the color schemes match, but the product lines often overlap. I suggest creating a four-tier product system with three areas:
*nano
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One of the most popular iPods is the iPod Nano. With flexible storage at a low price, this is a great product for beginners. That means getting rid of the iPod Shuffle, but they keep it as a separate entity.
The MacBook Nano will be Apple’s first laptop. The aforementioned iMac pro i7 4k, without saying much. It will have the same aluminum body as the current MacBook, just an 8-93 screen, no hyperdrive, and a few ports (probably 2 USB, 1 mini display, headphones/microphone).
The Mac Nano [or Mac Mini] has hardly changed. Obviously, this will be fine for some crashes, but won’t bother the iMac much.
* “Classic”
– iPod Classic [or iPod (6G)] will be the same as previous versions of the iPod. At 200-250, it would be 40-60 GB [like a good mid-range iPod].
The iMac is a great desktop product that doesn’t need to be changed. Don’t fix things that aren’t broken.
A MacBook [or iBook] is similar to an iMac in that it doesn’t require a lot of changes.
* professor
The iPod Pro is a bit neglected. Apple could use it as a bigger iPod storage [100GB+] and shrink the iPod Classic down to 40-60GB, or they could do something truly revolutionary like the iPod Nano and speed up technical performance.
MacBook Pro will remain unchanged. Keep the same look now [Aluminum Black Surround Screen].
Mac Pro will remain unchanged. You can get a new case with black trim.
*Take effect
– iPod Touch will remain unchanged.
MacBook Touch will be the Apple iMac pro i7 4k new product in the tablet market. Running on the advanced iPhone OS, it will be similar to the MacBook Nano, but with a full touchscreen. This may include the same external buttons as the iPhone/iPod touch, such as the volume buttons, the hold button [to lock the screen and the password required to log in], and the home button that returns you to the desktop. The OS will be a mix of OSX and iPhone OS and will use the same icons/apps as the iPhone (not iLife or iWork) but will have OSX-like menus and toolbars.
The Apple iMac Pro i7 4k Touch will be Apple’s first desktop computer with a touch screen. Keeping the same design, the 243 will be standard and will have a full touchscreen. You can choose a wired/wireless keyboard/mouse, but it won’t be included. It will be able to work with the full version of OSX (now with touch controls like 2, 3, and 4 finger gestures on MacBooks). Today’s iMacs don’t need much change, other than a full-screen touchscreen and an updated operating system.
iPhone will stay the same. There may be iPhones that are smaller [in size, like Walmart, and in physical size and capacity].
iPod Shuffle is provided to mainstream consumers as a standalone product or has been discontinued.
