Why did Apple change the laptop lines?

Here are my thoughts on why Apple may have changed up their notebook lines.



What did they change:

During the WWDC conference they announcened that the aluminum MacBook would now be called a MacBookPro. This is because they changed the specs inside of it to mathc the specs of the other MacBookPro's. Leaving the MacBook White as the only MacBook. This did get upgraded but not as much.



Why they may have done this:

Apple is a smart company and wouldn't just let go of the name MacBook after all these years. So by moving the aluminum MacBook out they can now put a new product that they may make into its slot. This new product may be a much hoped for netbook. There have been a lot of rumers going around that Apple is ordering a lot of the same touch screens that are on the IPhone and IPod Touch but 10 inches. This would make for a nice small computer with a touch screen. It would fit perfectly into the name MacBook because it would be the smallest Apple notebook. What about the MacBook White? The MacBook White my be retired or they may bring back the same one but in black and have those two also under the name MacBook. These two computers could also take the place of the MacBook just like they did before the aluminum ones and there could be no netbook.



Why this may not be possible:

This may not be possible. This is because of the quality computers Apple makes. The problem is that with all that Apple includes in their compter they have to be priced in the upper price range. For this reason it may be hard to make a netbook because netbooks are normaly priced on the lower end. With this if Apple were to make a netbook it may not be priced as low as we would expect a netbook to be. That is why this may not be possible.

Why do you think they may have changed the computer line up?