Comments on: The gap in Apple's MacBook lineup

After Monday's announcements, there are no longer any unibody MacBooks, only MacBook Pro models. It raises questions about the future of the company's laptop lineup.

[Eutychus]

I think Erica has a good point. And I think Apple's repositioning the unibody MacBook is significant. This has nothing to do directly with the new MacBook Pro's. For me it is an affirmation of the sub- $1000 MacBooks. (I had expected Apple would just drop the white MacBook after a little bit.) The gap Erica is pointing out exists. The change in the way Apple is marketing their Pro series makes room for MacBooks that cost less than $1000. Apple could already adjust the specs of the White MacBook as they did with the education version of the iMac, perhaps resulting in a $799 basic White MacBook. The rumored larger tablet iPod Touch would then close the remaining gap in Apple's pricing line up. Filling the gap as Erica has suggested would be a way to address the issues raised by Netbooks that would be consistent with Apple's priorities and business philosophy.

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[davrosthedalek]

non removable battery=what a joke.

[SHADuck]

isn't the hard drive at 5400 a bit slow?

[ace53698]

I'm cursious if what role, if any, the editors of cnet play in the process of a "story" here at cnet.com. I'm not going to write a critical assesment of Erica's work, but I think there's something to be said for quality over quantity; consistency between articles, as well as consistency within an article, clarity, and accuracy, should not suffer for the sake of time or general sloppiness. At times, cnet can be quilty of overextending itself in the name of getting a "story" out on the net.

[davrosthedalek]

They need to ditch the shiny screens. lame.