imagine the iMac as a tablet

[jondunford]

imagine if the iMac was the same thinness at the edge, all the way through, and it had no base on it and it was a giant 27" tablet

tablets are replacing laptops and i think there will be desktop tablets in the near future

 

[old-wiz]

how would you power such a device? and it would be so heavy.

 

[robgendreau]

And the ergonomics of touching a big screen are rather suckish. You have a longer reach to parts of the screen, and it tends to sit farther away, lest you have front-row theater issues. Maybe a table top for some stuff, or as a whiteboard alternative. But those will likely be more specialized uses, and no one seems to be clamoring for them.

And for many users having a screen that isn't all smudged up is pretty essential.

 

[minimalism]

I can only imagine the horror of carrying a bulky iMac tablet, not to mention the neck pain you'll get after using it for a couple of minutes.

 

[dangerly]

I hate finger smudges on my iPhone, please keep touch screen away from iMacs.

 

[Icaras]

imagine the iMac as a tablet

No, I'd really rather not.

 

[AndrewMRiv]

I hope that Mac OS X does NOT follow in the footsteps of Windows 8 touch. Their approach to integrating the OS on both Mobile device and Desktop is bad in my opinion.

I think having OS X and iOS devices working together is great, but adding touch to an iMac would be too much.

Maybe I am just too much of a neat freak and hate fingerprints on my iMac.

 

[TennisandMusic]

imagine if the iMac was the same thinness at the edge, all the way through, and it had no base on it and it was a giant 27" tablet

tablets are replacing laptops and i think there will be desktop tablets in the near future

Errr...there already are and have been for some time. Some of them can even run on battery if necessary.

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vn-tap

 

[jondunford]

No, I'd really rather not.

thanks for the constructive comment

 

[djtech42]

Coming up with a better input device or improving the mouse and trackpad are more important than simply adding touch to the iMac. Using touch on a 27" screen is impractical, not to mention it would make the aspects of desktop computing very difficult.