smarthouse.com.au — Apple researchers have built a full working prototype of a Mac Tablet and companies in Taiwan are now costing a product for a potential launch in mid 2007. I was told that Apple was exploring a neat new touch screen device that is that links to various source devices including a brand new media centre that Apple is planning to launch next year.
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alwaysmc2Nov 27, 2006
I think even moderate Microsoft fanboys would mod you down, firemillen2.I, however, am a fanboy to no one! :P
s_m_a_c_kNov 27, 2006
i know you guys hate flag, but in this instance he is right... but I guess if by "haven't yet done it right" means no Apple OS then technically you are correct... also Tablet PC come in two forms convertibles and slates...
tomeitelNov 27, 2006
i dont know about this its hard to believe that it will come that fast after all the changes they have made in the last year.... but you never know steve and friends are always ready to blow you away again with somthing cool.... i would guess 2008 mabey!!!! but wait for the phone to come out to see how it works before dropping a tablet on the industry.... i dont think apple is that stupid.
kd1sNov 27, 2006
Ok, if anything has driven the acronym thing it's SMS text messaging more than anything. The fewer characters you have to bang out, the better. Oh, and lots of technical terms are better left to acronyms. So they've bafaw, and all techies know what fubar really stands for. As to l33t - it is hacker community and pretty easy to decipher. The news stations need to get their act together. Acronyms are one thing, but l33t isn't.
jav1231Nov 27, 2006
TabletPC's are expensive and their functionality limited in the interface. I don't understand why Apple would want this market. OTOH, they may feel they can improve upon it which is entirely possible. Again, cost is one of the huge limiters of this form factor. Why buy a tablet when you can get a laptop for the same price or cheaper!?
agiorlandoNov 27, 2006
Although I don't like Mac (or Apple) very much, that's pretty cool.
leftspinNov 27, 2006
Why buy a tablet when you can get a laptop for the same price or cheaper!? You could use this argument for a Mac as well. It is tired. Stop using it. It devalues innovation.
Closed AccountNov 27, 2006
I got the PSP to browse the net and check E-Mails. I am not a gamer, but I wanted something to surf the net and do other bits and bobs without resorting to buying a tablet because of the OS and the sheer ugliness of most of them. I sure hope this will see the light of day because I would camp outside a store in a tent to buy one.
vinkoNov 28, 2006
Haven't you guys seen the following video:<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAgbjBOK1bk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAgbjBOK1bk</a>It is indeed possible to create a touch screen interface that is usable and a screen that ignores any finger smudges.Now if the interface shown can be transported to a tablet computer that will be great. But then again a tablet computer should be designed to be used with only one hand.
miker71Nov 29, 2006
I wish you could run OS X on a Panasonic Toughbook tablet