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And... Tablet Rumors Revived: Larger Mac-Like Tablet in the Works?

Looking at the iPad in it's bluetooth keyboard dock, you have what amounts to an iMac without an optical drive, and it runs a system simple enough my mother could figure it out. Think kitchen music box that also displays recipes and does email.

The low end iMac is a pretty powerful computer since Apple does not want to play in the low end; but they still need a product in the low end. And I've seen increasing numbers of Atom based systems for sale on the desktop, as they are fast enough for light use.

I think that apple is changing the form factor of the netbook, or trying to.
 
I'm guessing what will happen is Apple integrating the iPhone OS into Macbooks/iMacs as an instant-on OS in addition to OS X. There are more and more laptops coming with linux/android as an instant-on OS in addition to Windows.
 
str1f3 said:
I would want an OSX redesigned from the ground up to be touch friendly. Maybe that is the future of the iPhone OS. As of right now I can't see myself buying an iPad because it is so closed in terms of hardware and software. It may have the abilities of a computer but the closed system makes it an iPod variant.
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I thought Snow leopard was redesigned from the ground up. They could introduce UIKit and CocoaTouch on the Mac OSX though. It's going to be like Carbon vs. Cocoa all over again, but this time AppKit vs UIKit/CocoaTouch. It sucks to be a developer.
 
wackymacky said:
...I can't be hanging on tenterhooks waiting for the "real" tablet that we were all expecting. I can't believe in Apple anymore.

I just can’t.
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I'd suggest not putting so much stock in the rumor-mill. Certainly don't live and die by it. This item is highly unlikely, at least for a very, very long time. Buy the iPad or don't, but don't come unglued over a tech device.
 
GeekLawyer said:
I wouldn't believe anything published in TechCrunch.

Arrington is still smarting over the destruction of his own tablet project.

Earlier today, they posted this tripe about how Apple is stifling innovation.
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That article is hilarious. As said by another poster on that site, it's Fanboism in reverse. :eek:
 
YAWN. Sounds like the rumor mills inventing something to talk about since it's still so long till the next iPhone update. And they're only being spurred on by all those people who were disappointed by the actual iPad (because it has been overhyped) this is the same group that was whining about there being no camera on the new iPod touch, btw.
 
Well, 15" would be too big.

Something in the 10-12 inch size would be ideal.

And something 'like' Mac OS X I hope means 'Mac OS X with full multi-touch support that isn't locked down'. I don't mind a App store for Mac apps as long as it's not the ONLY way to install apps.
 
Wow!

A couple of days ago I actually began the process of starting a thread about why I thought Apple has a full OSX tablet in development. I believe they have overcome some of the limitations and challenges to making a full blown tablet Mac. Now, the market is obviously there based solely on the disappointment of so many regarding the iPad. I also think that if touch is the future, and Steve Jobs has made that point several times, then tablets are going to replace laptop in the mobile OS X Apple lineup. Touch screens on a laptop would seem awkward at best. Look for a Tablet or a laptop with a keyboard that folds to the back.

BTW - I cancelled my thread on such a device because I just couldn't handle going through another couple of years of rumors before a release. So, as of this moment I say forget all about this and enjoy the Apple you have already purchased.
 
pika2000 said:
I'm guessing what will happen is Apple integrating the iPhone OS into Macbooks/iMacs as an instant-on OS in addition to OS X. There are more and more laptops coming with linux/android as an instant-on OS in addition to Windows.
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Can't instant on be accomplished by putting the operating system in dedicated Flash memory? 4-8Gb of Flash is really cheap these days. I keep wondering why it is not engineered into these computers, store OS X there, and bypass the spinup of a hard drive to load the OS.

If that's possible, wouldn't that work with OS X, and not just OS touch?

If it's not possible, why not?
 
retroneo said:
iPhone OS will be renamed this year. It will eventually grow to replace Mac OS X over the coming years.
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I agree. This is the beginning of the end for traditional desktop OS X. Apple surely sees that fewer and fewer people are using desktop machines with each passing year, and they're increasingly not going to pay $2000-$3000 for them anymore either. They realize their future is replacing Sony by making sexy, affordable consumer gadgets, with an OS tailor made for that, which is iPhone OS, not OS X desktop.

I'm more the type that would need the use a desktop machine than the average consumer (Adobe CS, 3D rendering, programming, video editing, gaming) and I can see the use of my own desktop Macs dropping dramatically over the last 5 years or so, and as soon as I can get my hands on an iPad that's going to drop even further. 5 years ago I probably did 80% of my web surfing on my desktop Mac, in another 1-2 years with an iPad at hand, I can easily see that going down to close to 0. Why bother going to the desktop when I can pick up a light and mobile device, which will already have the web page up faster than I can wake the desktop from sleep, and which I can take with me?

Like the floppy disc, I don't think desktop OS X is going to disappear overnight, it'll take years, but make no mistake, it's on its way out.
 
A tablet that is bigger, more like a Mac than an iPhone, with multitasking, camera, Flash, etc.. i'm sold. I doubt it's true though. it'd probably kill off the 10" iPad pretty quickly.
 
Why?

Why a MacOS based tablet is needed?

-Better Operating System than Windows (I haven't try win 7 on tablet yet)

Why tablet had failed in the past?

Because Operating System have being built for keyboard and mouse,
and tablet just add touch screen, not a full User Interface to those devices.

Why Apple should do it now?

Because they already know how to create great UI for touch screen...

and Windows 7 already has added a lot of features to handle it, allowing professionals like me, to finally "touch" the tools we work with everyday.

If they don't do it, Windows 7 will win that field, because IPad is doesn't run full apps.

Off course is amazing the kind of apps and UI you can see for the iPhone, and many developers would need to adapt their products to support this kind of touch experience on a full OS.... but what the heck, why touch screen ATM's haven't go back to buttons???
 
jeznav said:
I thought Snow leopard was redesigned from the ground up. They could introduce UIKit and CocoaTouch on the Mac OSX though. It's going to be like Carbon vs. Cocoa all over again, but this time AppKit vs UIKit/CocoaTouch. It sucks to be a developer.
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Snow Leopard was primarily designed to take advantage of the 64bit Intel chips and have less bloat. The apps on the Mac as they currently stand are moreso made to make use of a mouse and keyboard. For example, think about trying to select a song from iTunes in the list view with your finger. While it would be manageable, it would not be ideal. Or the close, minimize and zoom buttons for every window.

There may be workarounds but no one will know until previews of 10.7 are shown at WWDC or possibly later. Maybe this product is never meant to be released at all.
 
HiRez said:
Like the floppy disc, I don't think desktop OS X is going to disappear overnight, it'll take years, but make no mistake, it's on its way out.
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Agree with you 100% - and this is a process that could take a decade or longer. Computers are becoming and will become much more personal than the traditional personal computer. That's happening in two directions: both from the cloud and from the desk. Apple is driving this. Google is driving this. The odd man out in this changing market will be Microsoft and, to a large extent, commodity PC manufacturers. Maybe. ;)
 
Am I the only one that is kind of annoyed by TechCrunch's poor grammar? On several occasions, the quote says "were", "were hearing is that...". LEARN WHAT A CONTRACTION IS!

Haha my grammar-nazi of a proffesor is already getting to my head :rolleyes:
 
rowspaxe said:
you might have a dual boot os imac 22"--that could switch from touch to leapard with soft boot--i don't think touch is good on a desktop, but apple may think they are redefining everything--interesting--hope its shaped like a big iphone--lol
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Build the tablet with an A4 and a x86 co-processor. Then run Mac OS X (or Windows) as needed as a virtual machine with in Touch OS.
 
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