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Chinese Translation Request: ? Apple Tablet?
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I don't know why so many people nock the idea of a tablet like device - i mean, sure the windows ones that are out suck right now, but i mean, really, cmon. think about that for a minute. of course they suck. and a mac version would be totally different, selling us on needing something we never knew existed - that's what they do. i for one, would love to have a tablet like device at work (if it worked as hard as a normal laptop). with the stuff i do, right now the only good way to get it done is to take a palm and beam the stuff over to the laptop and then enter all of the data by hand. what a pain... if i could just enter it strait in and see the results of what i was doing, i would be in heaven...
and other thoughts that i decided to stop typing, cause I really am a dork.
but the whole house/xserve/airport/wireless input display/other stuff would be awesome, and you'd be i'd be saving my money...
matt
I don't know why so many people nock the idea of a tablet like device - i mean, sure the windows ones that are out suck right now, but i mean, really, cmon. think about that for a minute. of course they suck. and a mac version would be totally different, selling us on needing something we never knew existed - that's what they do. i for one, would love to have a tablet like device at work (if it worked as hard as a normal laptop). with the stuff i do, right now the only good way to get it done is to take a palm and beam the stuff over to the laptop and then enter all of the data by hand. what a pain... if i could just enter it strait in and see the results of what i was doing, i would be in heaven...
and other thoughts that i decided to stop typing, cause I really am a dork.
but the whole house/xserve/airport/wireless input display/other stuff would be awesome, and you'd be i'd be saving my money...
matt
But if it's in MacOSRumors, it must be true!
Anyhow, they're reporting a rumor that Panther will allow multiple graphical logins. That would seem to go hand-in-hand with a tablet-based client to go with a whomped-up PPC 970 Panther server.
Who would want this? Well, families with one pseudo-expert and four websurfers/gameplayers/homeworkers (like mine) come to mind, provided that I could actually afford the dang things.
As it is now, it's
"Honey, can I check my e-mail?"
"Can't you log in on the other computer? I'm
working/surfing/playing a game (pick one)"
"But honey, the new computer's so much faster...<pout>".
"Honey, I found this neat webservice. Can you set it up for me?"
"Can't you do it?"
"Well, I downloaded this file, but I don't know where it went."
...and so forth.
Anyhow, they're reporting a rumor that Panther will allow multiple graphical logins. That would seem to go hand-in-hand with a tablet-based client to go with a whomped-up PPC 970 Panther server.
Who would want this? Well, families with one pseudo-expert and four websurfers/gameplayers/homeworkers (like mine) come to mind, provided that I could actually afford the dang things.
As it is now, it's
"Honey, can I check my e-mail?"
"Can't you log in on the other computer? I'm
working/surfing/playing a game (pick one)"
"But honey, the new computer's so much faster...<pout>".
"Honey, I found this neat webservice. Can you set it up for me?"
"Can't you do it?"
"Well, I downloaded this file, but I don't know where it went."
...and so forth.
Re: Re: Howzabout something new?
When you want to write something, you grab an input pad, unroll it on the bed or couch or the desk your lap or whatever, and write on it. Its just a dumb terminal that logs into your account, just like Netboot clients. Start writing a letter while lying in bed, finish it in the living room of a freind's house. Makes no difference.
That is the sort of thing Apple is producing now, software-wise... they're just behind on the hardware.
Then what would be really nice is a rollable, foldable screen. They have these in Iain M. Banks novels, I think.
When you want to write something, you grab an input pad, unroll it on the bed or couch or the desk your lap or whatever, and write on it. Its just a dumb terminal that logs into your account, just like Netboot clients. Start writing a letter while lying in bed, finish it in the living room of a freind's house. Makes no difference.
That is the sort of thing Apple is producing now, software-wise... they're just behind on the hardware.
Re: Re: Re: wireless
Your point is valid though, I also think a wireless thin client for the home, if priced low enough, would be a wonderful asset. I'd love it!
I agree. But OS X, or more acurately, the Quartz engine, is display PDF - not PostScript. OPENSTEP/NeXTSTEP/Rhapsody and the very first version of OS X Server (pre Quartz/Aqua) were display PostScript.
Your point is valid though, I also think a wireless thin client for the home, if priced low enough, would be a wonderful asset. I'd love it!
The ability to transmit high speed data through the air is feasable - that's what this article is talking about. But the ability to trasmit any kind of usefull amount of DC power through the air - (without a lightening bolt shooting from the wall to your lap!) is still, as far as I know, a pipe-dream.
Maybe Burton (the snow-board people) will parter with Apple again and market solar panel clothes to plug into it!
mkaake? Are you from kuccc?
My mouse is wireless and batteryless. It sits on my graphics tablet, powered by magnetic induction (I'm assuming). But yeah, to power a tablet computer would pretty much require a lightning bolt to your lap. Either that or an extremely disruptive magnetic field.
The tablet I'd like to see would be approx. 8*5 in. and would use the hardware based speech recognition mentioned in recent rumors.
My mouse is wireless and batteryless. It sits on my graphics tablet, powered by magnetic induction (I'm assuming). But yeah, to power a tablet computer would pretty much require a lightning bolt to your lap. Either that or an extremely disruptive magnetic field.
The tablet I'd like to see would be approx. 8*5 in. and would use the hardware based speech recognition mentioned in recent rumors.
Yes - your mouse must be within milimeters of the pad, no?
If there's any truth to this rumor, especially the "batteryless" part, I'd venture to guess that it's a non-removable power source, maybe some new kind of rechargable battery that is intregal to the case or something. Maybe even one of the pie-in-the-sky mini-fuel cell ideas that have been tosed arround.
That's pretty cool!
Someone at Comdex this year was showing these "pads" that you could just throw your cell phone, pda or whatever onto and they would auto-magically charge it inductively . I think you had to use their batteries with them or something. Pretty cool though, no metal contacts - just a mouse-pad looking plastic thing sitting there with all your toys laying on it.
EM Fields & Health
From time to time, there have been suggestions (of various levels of credibility) that bathing in electro-magnetic fields might not be very good for you.
We're awash in signals ranging the entire spectrum, and we just keep installing more right into our houses and even resting right on our laps (if there is an effect... guess what's getting fried!).
The majority of the signals we flood the "airwaves" with are pretty weak, I believe. The reports of cancer and such usually correlated with proximity to an electrical substation (the exception here being the reports of cellphones frying brains). But if we start creating massive magnetic fields in our houses, the situation could be much more severe.
Then again, I don't know the status of these claims. Does anyone here have the scientific background to comment?
From time to time, there have been suggestions (of various levels of credibility) that bathing in electro-magnetic fields might not be very good for you.
We're awash in signals ranging the entire spectrum, and we just keep installing more right into our houses and even resting right on our laps (if there is an effect... guess what's getting fried!).
The majority of the signals we flood the "airwaves" with are pretty weak, I believe. The reports of cancer and such usually correlated with proximity to an electrical substation (the exception here being the reports of cellphones frying brains). But if we start creating massive magnetic fields in our houses, the situation could be much more severe.
Then again, I don't know the status of these claims. Does anyone here have the scientific background to comment?
We could install one of those poles that bumper cars use and have an electrified metal mesh for a ceiling and metal flooring. Then, if you walk around barefoot it would all work! (how many watts does a PowerBook pull in anyway?
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I've got it!
By George - I think I've got it!
How about one of those do-hickeys that those Eco-Watches use that takes your motion and generates electricity from it. A few hundred of them mounted to the inside of the case would generate enough power to... um... well, if there wasn't that pesky hard drive, backlight ....
By George - I think I've got it!
How about one of those do-hickeys that those Eco-Watches use that takes your motion and generates electricity from it. A few hundred of them mounted to the inside of the case would generate enough power to... um... well, if there wasn't that pesky hard drive, backlight ....
Hm. Well, I can see attaching a pole to my shoulders to rub against the ceiling... no problem there. But I think the sparks coming off of it might start some hair fires.Originally posted by eric_n_dfw
We could install one of those poles that bumper cars use and have an electrified metal mesh for a ceiling and metal flooring. Then, if you walk around barefoot it would all work! (how many watts does a PowerBook pull in anyway?
I suppose the best way to work through this engineering hurdle would simply to put asbestos hoods over people's heads. Yep, that does it.
Of course, the image of a hooded figure with a tall, perhaps sickle-shaped pole does conjure some potentially negative stereotypes. So to counteract that, I suppose a simple marketing campaign would do the trick: "The new Apple iPoleHoodTablet: It's NOT Death."
Gee. This stuff is so easy. Apple should hire ME for sure. Cupertino, here I come!
Bad idea
This is a great article for those who think that this sort of device is a good idea (and even though this is an M$ device, a lot of the criticisms would be true of an Apple equivalent):
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/review/2/2/3760.html
Best quote:
"Tablet is the wrong medicinal analogy: suppository more adequately describes the Smart Display experience."
Why not just get an iBook???
This is a great article for those who think that this sort of device is a good idea (and even though this is an M$ device, a lot of the criticisms would be true of an Apple equivalent):
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/review/2/2/3760.html
Best quote:
"Tablet is the wrong medicinal analogy: suppository more adequately describes the Smart Display experience."
Why not just get an iBook???