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<blockquote data-quote="shfle" data-source="post: 717575" data-attributes="member: 42208"><p>I actually do agree with you on these points, Apple does seem to neglect the home/budget user (Especially in the laptop department).</p><p></p><p>Seeing as my wife has more or less commandeered my Powerbook these days, I would buy a budget laptop in a flash if Apple were to release one. I already have an iMac for when I need to do any serious work, so would only require it for web browsing and using office apps on the road etc.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately I can't see this happening in the near future as Apple (As any other successful company), likes to maximise it's profits and I feel that it is wary of such a machine eating into the more lucrative profits of the higher end machines.</p><p></p><p>Call me cynical but I think the reason that no HDMI port has been included so far is that it would eat into the sales of MiniDV to DVI adaptors (For Macbooks and iMacs) at £15 a pop!</p><p></p><p>On a slightly different point, lets see what (If anything) materialises from this:-</p><p></p><p><a href="http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/18287/" target="_blank">http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/18287/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>PS</p><p>The cheap price points that Dell are selling at are not exactly working wonders for the company:-</p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7586979.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7586979.stm</a></p><p></p><p>After recently announcing a 19% increase in sales, they now report a 17% drop in profits! Things not looking that rosy then but I suppose that is the price you pay by selling with such low profit margins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shfle, post: 717575, member: 42208"] I actually do agree with you on these points, Apple does seem to neglect the home/budget user (Especially in the laptop department). Seeing as my wife has more or less commandeered my Powerbook these days, I would buy a budget laptop in a flash if Apple were to release one. I already have an iMac for when I need to do any serious work, so would only require it for web browsing and using office apps on the road etc. Unfortunately I can't see this happening in the near future as Apple (As any other successful company), likes to maximise it's profits and I feel that it is wary of such a machine eating into the more lucrative profits of the higher end machines. Call me cynical but I think the reason that no HDMI port has been included so far is that it would eat into the sales of MiniDV to DVI adaptors (For Macbooks and iMacs) at £15 a pop! On a slightly different point, lets see what (If anything) materialises from this:- [URL="http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/18287/"]http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/18287/[/URL] PS The cheap price points that Dell are selling at are not exactly working wonders for the company:- [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7586979.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7586979.stm[/URL] After recently announcing a 19% increase in sales, they now report a 17% drop in profits! Things not looking that rosy then but I suppose that is the price you pay by selling with such low profit margins. [/QUOTE]
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