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As sites have been posting recently, aka Engadget and Gizmodo, there maybe an Apple netbook on the horizon.

For many this will be the new product to push them into the realm of netbooks, others it will make them go ‘what, why?’  There have been a few renditions of what it might look like; iphone-esk or maybe even just a mini white macbook.  It wont really matter what it looks like as long as it has a legal copy of OSX and will have their great warranty for those who are looking for a travel laptop or just something smaller.  I have seen so many articles on how to mod a current netbook to run OSX that its getting very tiresome.  I would much rather just buy one from Apple and not have to worry, it will just work!

Apple has been very proud that they offer products that in all due respect, are more expensive compared to most (depending) windows running counterparts.  They did finally release a notebook for under $1k, yes only 1 dollar, but still they did.  Steve Jobs also said they cannot make a cheap system, which everyone was hoping for when the refresh of the Mac Mini came out (but failed!).  Maybe since Job’s isn’t around per say, they will be able to release a netbook.  The only thing wrong I can see with this is that they will see a drop in sales of the lower end Macbooks, which will inevitably kill of the white line.

Still, I find the idea of a Apple netbook to be a wondrous idea and my even be the next laptop I buy till I can get the coveted Unibody Macbook (or pro) as long as the price is right.   This may too be where the other shoe falls, since apple is so well known for not being ‘cheap’.  The Apple tax may hit hard, but if its anywhere near the current netbook prices then there my be a home run coming.

We can only hope to see if this will really come, or Apple is pushing a facade to distract us from seeing what they will be really releasing.