Open Letter to Apple About NetBooks

Dear Apple,

I want you to make a netbook.  Correction, I need you to make a netbook.  Lets just end this.  We all know that whatever Apple designs, the rest of the world will follow.  I’m tired of seeing all this little, under powered notebooks trying to pass as netbooks.  Lets do this thing right.  It’s not that difficult.  Put an ARM processor inside, none of this Intel crap.  Give it a beautiful 9 inch touch screen.  And by touch screen, I mean the whole thing is a screen.  A little slide out keyboard for when you really need it.  Add in a couple of USB ports, a mini-display for projecting in meetings, an Apple Remote, Wi-Fi, 10/100/1000 ethernet.  If you want to through in a 3G for good measure, that’s OK by me.  Then to really set you apart, put the iPhone OS 3 as the operating system.  What do I need to do on a netbook?  Surf, check email, watch movies, listen to music, and with 25K+ apps already waiting in the app store, there’s very little I wouldn’t be able to do.  If you add in Flash support and SilverLight, I’ll worship you more than I already do.  I know it’s asking a lot, but instead of racing to the bottom, lets show people what happens when you race to the top.

Thanks in advance, because I know we’re already on the same page.

Gabriel