During their quarterly earnings call , Apple COO ( and acting drumhead honcho ) Tim Cook had this reply to the netbook question that recurs on every one of these calls :
“ When I ’m looking at what ’s sold in the netbook marketplace , I see cramped keyboards , junky hardware , very small sieve , bad software . Not a consumer experience that we would put the Mac make on . As it exist today , we ’re not concerned in nor would it be something customers would be concerned in the farseeing term . We are looking at the space . For those who desire a small computing machine that does browse / email , they might want an iPhone or iPod Touch . If we find a manner we can render an innovative product that really makes a contribution , then we ’ll do that . And we have some interesting ideas in this space . ”
In some fashion , it’sthe same answerTim and Steve give every time someone ask .
https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-on-netbooks-weve-got-some-interesting-idea-5066800
But the somewhat jog way he arrived there — first speak about the iPod cutaneous senses and iPhone fulfilling some of the need of people who want a small figurer , was in spades different . Meaningful ? Take it for what you will . Update : fill out the beginning of the quotation usingMac Rumors ’ copy . [ Apple ]
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