Apple plans to launch a netbook computer with a touch screen monitor as early as the second half of this year, Dow Jones reported.
Two Apple unnamed sources told the newswire that the mini laptop computers will likely have monitor screens between 9.7-inches and 10-inches, other specifications and functions are still under evaluation.
Dow Jones was pessimistic about new netbook:
“Apple’s entry may come in what is expected to be a very tough year for computer sales. Desktop-computer shipments in particular are expected to fall by nearly one-third globally in 2009 as consumers increasingly shift to laptop computers, according to projections released by research firm Gartner Inc. earlier in March.”
A Mac netbook has long been rumored since the success of smaller lighter laptops, typically with a 10″ screen, from companies such as Asus, Acer, Dell, HP and MSI Wind.
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