Comments on: Report: Ultralight MacBook at Macworld

By: Chris Timco, Dearborn, Michigan

Chris Timco, Dearborn, Michigan — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:58:13 +0000

I've read about a 'strange touch pad'. i've read a cell phone some how into the ultra. what if the touch pad was a iphone looking touch pad. so when you use the open fingers on the pad it would open up pictures just like it does on iphone. that way i would be using les keystroke and les 'mouse' funtions. plus get a cell phone system in it.

By: Michael Austin,TX

Michael Austin,TX — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:29:03 +0000

Leopard is ready to go for this. A Mac laptop will actually have some room left over for user storage.

Consider the following install sizes

1. Leopard — 9GB full install

2. Vista — 45 GB (15GB required free space on drive by MS) full install

By: Martin Storb, Geneva

Martin Storb, Geneva — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:49:34 +0000

It's a shame that Apple is going for a fairly conservative solution for their ultralight Macbook. There is clearly a market out there for a product that uses IPhone / ITouch type hardware together with some spreadsheet / word processing capability – yet provide instantaneous access, ease of data entry and userfriendliness – yet come with a 12" or 13" touchscreen.

It's a shame that we always get 'the classic solution', the moment people think about notebooks or laptops.

By: aa, Kokomo IN

aa, Kokomo IN — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:22:54 +0000

"Report"? I think you misspelled "rumor" there.

The only actual report is from an analyst who thinks there might be an ultralight or something completely different next year. I suppose the misrepresentation in the headling had its desired effect, as it convinced me to click on the link, but it has further poisoned my opinion of this blog's author.

By: The Fronny, Denver, CO

The Fronny, Denver, CO — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:10:49 +0000

The problem with ThriftyTechie's theory is that s/he is thrifty; Apple has spent decades crafting its users not to think crap-low-end-best-buy as the primary purchasing criterium. That's Dell's M.O. and it's why Dell is now #2. Apple users/acolytes/wingnuts are willing to pay for the proper hardware for the proper use; one reason my LC-III had a SCSI disk rather than PATA. They were more robust; end of story. Leave the disk failures to the AST Bravos & Co.

As an aside, I don't use OS X, but an Open Source OS that's not Linux. OS X is beautiful but I find it too intrusive in operation. Still going the SCSI route though…

By: Snyd, Fairbanks, Alaska

Snyd, Fairbanks, Alaska — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:28:05 +0000

Could this be the resurrection of the PowerBook name?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:55:14 +0000

Must be cheap and good

By: ThriftyTechie, Jersey City, NJ

ThriftyTechie, Jersey City, NJ — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:32:46 +0000

There's no question that 64 GB would be plenty of storage for an ultraportable device. Even 30 GB would be adequate for a syncable ultraportable used as a secondary computing device…

The problem, as always, is cost.