Apple’s reported plans to introduce new laptops next week are seasoned with a particularly titillating rumor that the company will unveil an $800 laptop that would close much of the price gap with low-cost PC laptops.
On Thursday, Apple sent out an announcement stating, “The spotlight turns to notebooks,” and inviting recipients to a launch event on Oct. 14.
An $800 laptop — allegedly crafted from single pieces of aluminum using a laser and water jet process known by the code-name “brick” — would be a dramatic price drop from Apple’s current lowest-price standard laptop, which carries a $1,099 retail price point. That’s a $300 price cut and, while still substantially higher than low-cost PCs, would bring a Mac machine into the affordability price range of a whole new wave of users.
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