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You left out Apple as a choice
I think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.

It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will be much less then those of a full sized MB or MBP.
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You left out Apple as a choice  GuidingLight | 10/09/08
Depends on the specs I suppose....  James Quinn | 10/09/08
I Agree. $800 MacBook will kill $1200 Mac Book  hamobu | 10/10/08
If Apple does well with a $800 laptop...  nix_hed | 10/11/08
Not if Apple can help it.  hamobu | 10/11/08
Microsoft.  TripleII | 10/09/08
Just install Ubuntu and put your company logo desktop image on it.  nix_hed | 10/11/08
If Apple really wanted to shake things up, $600 would do a lot better job,  DonnieBoy | 10/09/08
I don't know about that.....  James Quinn | 10/09/08
How do you know if 600.00 is 'very doable'  GuidingLight | 10/09/08
He knows it is doable ....  ShadeTree | 10/10/08
The other $600 Core 2 laptops  nix_hed | 10/11/08
That would kill Apple's margins  hamobu | 10/10/08
Linux is the loser - Really, seriously  Mr. Dee | 10/09/08
Long term, Windows hurts the most.  TripleII | 10/09/08
You are forgetting one thing, Apple is just as proprietary  Mr. Dee | 10/09/08
Did I say that?  TripleII | 10/09/08
Some good points. The biggest squeeze for MS is that they will have  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
Mr. Dee knows very little  fox.kenji | 10/10/08
OS X is Unix? HA!  hamobu | 10/10/08
OS X is fully UNIX certified  fox.kenji | 10/10/08
OS X is Unix, and starbuck crowd are unix admins happy  hamobu | 10/11/08
RE: Linux is the loser - Really, seriously  richdave | 10/10/08
RE: Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers  DannyO_0x98 | 10/09/08
No need to buy Office  jorjitop | 10/09/08
MS Office is the best selling 3rd party software on the Mac  Mr. Dee | 10/09/08
I think that MS also makes killing selling Windows to Mac Users  hamobu | 10/10/08
The readers of this blog.  ShadeTree | 10/09/08
I would like your insight.  TripleII | 10/09/08
Ok here it is!  ShadeTree | 10/09/08
OK ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 10/09/08
Which would matter if...  Sleeper Service | 10/09/08
Apple is about cool and ....  ShadeTree | 10/10/08
You're right - Apple are a charity.... NOT  GetReal-mac.com | 10/10/08
Apple is not about Market Share but profits  hamobu | 10/10/08
Given the latest info I've received ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 10/09/08
Information seems more solid  Marcos El Malo | 10/10/08
You are still speculating on its impact.  ShadeTree | 10/10/08
RE: Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers  Marcos El Malo | 10/09/08
What about Parallels and VMware?  alex_b | 10/09/08
When Dow Jones drops hundreds on daily basis ...  LBiege | 10/09/08
Apple $800 laptop would be brilliant  3dtodd | 10/10/08
$800 for a notebook is not cheap.  hamobu | 10/10/08
RE: Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers  sure00 | 10/10/08
RE: Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers  Joe Riba | 10/10/08
Depends on what you do I guess.  hamobu | 10/10/08
However........  JB King | 10/10/08
I'd probably buy one  tracy anne | 10/10/08

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