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I have never thought to personally give predictions as Macworld Keynotes approach but I have an idea. Much laptop technology of late has been aimed at lowering power consumption (the 8-hour battery life is now here, thanks to great, power-friendly procs) and also pointed to using combinations of standard RAM and NAND memory, in order to further minimize battery usage. Lastly, display technologies and capabilities have advanced far beyond the early 2000 years’ offerings. In effect, the field is open to two types of notebook computers: one practically based on the old design, but instead able to give longer performance on the battery; and another, new, radically miniaturized laptop that can fight with the big boys.

This, and a few other reasons, is why I propose that at the Keynote tomorrow, Jobs will add one new model to the Mac line-up - the MacBook mini. I understand the likelihood of announcements like iLife & iWork 07 and more info/launch data for the iTV, but a full-featured, media-centric computer seems to fit well in the mix considering today’s and tomorrow’s technology. I really don’t expect that iPhone stuff, not at all; or at least the prospect of an iPhone doesn’t get my gears turning.

Anyways. To hold the fort until 12pm EST Tuesday, I encourage you to watch some old Keynote bits from days gone by ($3299 for a PowerBook?!).

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