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Again. It was just months ago that most of the best selling MacBook line, formerly made of black or white polycarbonate plastic and with fewer features than their more expensive MacBook Pro brethren, became aluminum and expensive. Did Apple make a mistake by shipping higher priced MacBooks at a time when economic woes dictated lower prices? Some contend that Apple flipped the flop by moving the MacBooks into the Pro line. </p> </div> <a name="read"></a>  <div class="wrapper_comments"> <h3>Reader Comments (2)</h3> <div class="frame_comments_one"> <p><strong>Tom Gabriel</strong> said:</p> <p>Apple is responding quickly and creatively to the economic times with a great lineup in their hot-selling notebook/laptop line. The discerning buyer sees a 13” MacBook Pro with superior video capabilities, SD card slot, faster processor, etc. etc. for $1199! The room left in the lower-priced MacBook line leaves plenty of space for a netbook or tablet (or even both?)</p> <p>One obvious thing here: Apple is a corporation which is capable of thinking on its feet and responding to changes in the market with speed and smarts, both with its hardware and its software. Could Microsoft do the same, ever? (Didn’t it take 7 YEARS for them to come up with VISTA!?)</p> <p>And all the other hardware manufacturers who build their PCs to work with Microsoft have no choice but to follow this lumbering, slow example.</p> <p>Corporate lemmings? </p> <div class="posted">#1 | Thursday, June 11, 2009</div> </div> <div class="frame_comments_two"> <p><strong>ding</strong> said:</p> <p>The cheapest aluminum macbook is as much as my white one was… </p> <div class="posted">#2 | Saturday, August 1, 2009</div> </div> <div class="paginate"> </div> </div> <a name="post"></a> <form id='comment_form' method="post" action="http://pixobebo.com/index.php/pixonomy/comments/the_macbook_flop_or_not/" > <div class='hiddenFields'> <input type="hidden" name="ACT" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="RET" value="http://pixobebo.com/index.php/pixonomy/comments/the_macbook_flop_or_not/" /> <input type="hidden" name="URI" value="/pixonomy/comments/the_macbook_flop_or_not/" /> <input type="hidden" name="PRV" value="pixonomy/preview" /> <input type="hidden" name="XID" value="5ff71023ff9cc324bd8f3c8ea8154a291417471c" /> <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="171" /> <input type="hidden" name="site_id" value="1" /> </div> <h3>Add A Comment</h3> <div class="frame_comments"> <p>Your name:</p> <input type="text" id="name" name="name" value="" size="40" /> <p>Your email address (required):</p> <input type="text" id="email" name="email" value="" size="40" /> <p>Your location:</p> <input type="text" id="location" name="location" value="" size="40" /> <p>Your home page:</p> <input type="text" id="url" name="url" value="http://" size="40" /> <p>Add your comment below:</p> <textarea name="comment" cols="60" rows="10"></textarea> <p><input type="checkbox" class="buttons" name="save_info" value="yes" /> Remember my personal information! 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