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Modbook Pro Gains Pen, SSD, and RAM Upgrades Ahead of Launch
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Wow, how the tide of popular opinion turns.
Remember when the iPad was still a few months away from being introduced? Remember the rumors then? We weren't sure if it was going to run some sort of full-fledged OS X or "a dumbed down phone OS". Remember how everyone was clamoring for the full OS X experience? How a tablet would be useless if it could only run iOS apps? How upset everyone was going to be if it was just an oversized iPhone?
(Oh, and we were expecting to pay $999 for it.)
Remember?
Apparently not.
Remember when the iPad was still a few months away from being introduced? Remember the rumors then? We weren't sure if it was going to run some sort of full-fledged OS X or "a dumbed down phone OS". Remember how everyone was clamoring for the full OS X experience? How a tablet would be useless if it could only run iOS apps? How upset everyone was going to be if it was just an oversized iPhone?
(Oh, and we were expecting to pay $999 for it.)
Remember?
Apparently not.
I DO! And I wish it were true - I am still hoping for a combined MacOSX and iOS device.. one day. Wont be for a while though as Apple milks the current iOS devices
It is! A 13" MBP Retina costs around $3500 in Brazil. Consider yourself lucky for being able to buy a Macface Pro with a top-notch Wacom pen for just $3499.
Look at my MR avatar. Made with Galaxy Note. Isn't it an authentic piece of artwork?
You forgot the Wacom digitizer layer and the pen which I presume that can be attached to the Modbook's body.
That half a pound makes a difference when you carry the thing around all day every day. Plus I'm also talking about the thickness, screen size, display ratio...
The iPad is really as big as I'll go - otherwise I'd carry around a laptop again. The iPad mini is my ideal - will utilize an LTE model on-the-go (browsing, mail, reading) and save my iPad for longer travel (movies, games, media).
This thing looks pretty awesome. Out of my price range... but if I had money to throw around I would get it.
lol, its $3500 because the need to pay the retainer on their lawyers, in preparation for the large Apple law suite that is coming.
Every time I'd talked to them at MacWorld in the past, they were hurting. They had to pay Woz to come speak about their product being cool at their booth one year after they delivered their product months if not a year late.
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Their product has been available since long before the iPad or even the iPhone, was available.
Note 2. Id welcome a wacom digitiser in a larger iphone. Not sure if I'd go back to a phone without it. Its really great.
And neither offers a usable pen. However, there are numerous Windows 8 devices that come with Wacom, including the Samsung ATIV for $1200. This technology has been affordable for several years now in the form of a PC. Don't even mention the iPad, it cannot be used for writing, drawing, sketching, etc. Without a Wacom it's useless for creative work.
Can we just get a hackintosh working on one of these new Windows 8 Touch enabled convertible laptops? I'd like to see a dual boot on the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T for $1200
Or if Apple could just put a damn touch screen on a macbook, that would be nice, but I won't hold my breath.
Or if Apple could just put a damn touch screen on a macbook, that would be nice, but I won't hold my breath.
