Reports have been flying around the internet that Apple may have plans for a netbook. This is based on a piece originally in the Taiwan”s Commercial Times. What is confirmed in the report is that the touch-screen maker Wintek is working on new touch-screens for Apple. What is not clear is where they will be used. The report indicates that the new touch-screens are scheduled to start shipping by the second half of the year. I would not expect to see anything before Q4 although others have speculated it may be earlier.
Apple has been hesitant to enter the netbook market place sighting that the platform generally is low performance and has a less than ideal form factor, two things every Apple enthusiast can understand.
That being said Apple cannot ignore the popularity of the netbooks and could be poised to leverage new chip technology to keep performance acceptable while using little power.
We have several months time between now and then so I am sure that if this report turns out to be true there will be more reports confirming what Apple may have in the works.
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