What about a $700 MacBook?


	What about a $700 MacBook?

rickmahn

2-5-2008 12:05 AM

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apple, macbook, inexpensive, notebook, computer

rickmahn says:

I've wondered this from time to time myself. Wouldn't an "inexpensive" MacBook appeal to a broad slice of the market - of course it would.

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