Will Apple Ever Make a Sub-$500 Laptop?

At the last big Apple annoumcenemt many of the Apple fanboys, even myself, where hoping that Apple was going to release a mini-touch screen notebook that would change the world and be $500. Instead the release the MacBook Air which cost $1700 for the basic and $3000 for the better version. Now everyone is getting into the cheap computer business. HP, Dell, and everyone is banking on bring you some mobile computing goodness for less. But will this all be for not? If Apple comes out with a MacBook mini will everyone jump ship and go nuts? I think so! I know I would want one. So Apple get to it!