Some critics think Apple was disingenuous in bringing out the 11.6″ MacBook Air after Steve Jobs told us “netbooks aren’t better than anything,” implying that physical keyboards are passé, and his iPad was a better mobile companion than a netbook. The 11-inch MacBook Air is essentially the size of a netbook, albeit with a full-size (save for the function keys) keyboard, but some Windows PC mini-notes have full-sized keyboards too. It boils down to your definition of a netbook.

Are we going to see a sub-notebook in January? I don’t think so. There are rumors on the internet that Steve is going to announce some kind of “netbook” or “sub-notebook,” however, you wish to refer to it. The device would have the same functionality as the MacBook Air, with a lot less processing power and storage. The current Apple line up of computers includes the MacBook (from $999), the MacBook Air (from $1,799), and the MacBook Pro (from $1,999).