Cheap MacBooks

I don't know why, but it seems more and more people dream about cheap MacBooks. Sometimes, you have to be aware that you get what you pay for, and... you know where this all hunt for cheaper Apple products could lead, but I don't even want to think about that now. In the end, one thing is certain - Apple could lower its prices without compromising quality, I am sure of that. While the quality part remains to be seen, it seems cheap MacBooks are much closer than we could imagine...

The Inquisitr reports that "Some Apple retailers in the United States have been given price lists for a new Apple laptop line, and there’s a big surprise: an $800 laptop," claiming that the source who has provided this info "has been accurate in the past." While $800 for a new Apple laptop sounds great, I fear this new MacBook will compete with the Asus Eee PC and the MSI Wind, and not the MacBook Pro or the MacBook Air. I have no info on that, it's just a thought...

...but going beyond some anonymous rumors, here's what Piper Jaffray says: "We expect the new MacBooks to be cheaper. However, it is likely that the new MacBooks will be a more premium product (with new aluminum casing and gesture-based touchpad). In other words, we expect the new MacBooks to be a meaningful upgrade with an average selling price 9 percent to 18 percent lower [than today's models]." According to them, prices will be starting at $899 or $999.

While that sounds great in theory, I am waiting to see what sacrifices will be made, or...who knows? Maybe Apple is planning some Christmas presents for us, shaped as cheap MacBooks with everything we could imagine as features in mid-October!