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And my peeve is when the Apple rumor community peddles these stupid rumors based on nothing more than crap pulled out of someone's ass. And yes, I know that 50/50 means they are just as likely to release it as they are to not release it. You can say that about pretty much anything. So all this means NOTHING! And you guys are all going to get wet over a device perpetuated by the rumor community that probably doesn't exist. People have been talking about a "tablet" mac for years and years and years. I don't see it happening on the day they launch the 3G iPhone. Apple would be fools to do so. And they are no fools. Imagine how many iPhone sales they'd loose to this supposed ultimate mobile device. As it stands now ~85% of iPhone users do not even use the phone. So, the fact that it is a phone obviously is not the selling point. If they were to come out with something with a bigger screen, that had 3G connectivity, Apple can probably kiss their 1% market share goodbye. Unless they branded it as an iPhone, which I can't see either.

I'm not peddling the rumor. I made it very clear in my first post in this thread that I'm actually pretty skeptical. Some people enjoy indulging in rumors though, and while it may not be the healthiest activity, I don't think its anyones duty to discourage it. If you don't enjoy reading "stupid rumors based on nothing more than crap pulled out of someone's ass", then don't!

You say you understand that 50/50 means as likely to happen as to not happen, but then demonstrate a lack of understanding in the very next sentence. You most definitely cannot say that "about pretty much anything", so it does mean something as opposed to "pretty much nothing", as you suggest.

When the author of the rumor suggested there's a 50/50 chance a that a tablet would be released, it means he genuinely believes it very well might, just like a person believes that a coin very well might land heads up when it is flipped. He means to say that it's a very real possibility.

Whether or not you agree is your prerogative (and that's what this discussion is for:D).

I apologize to the readers who have read this thread in its entirety for the repeating myself.
 
Before you go insulting someone, you should check yourself first. Apparently YOU were the one sleeping in elementary calculus. It's fairly easy to demonstrate that for a rectangle of fixed diagonal length, you get the maximum area with a square.
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Thank you.
 
no, you're mixing up area with diagonals.

a"^2+b"^2=4"^2 if the screen is 4".

So a^2+b^2=16

2 by 2 wouldn't work because that would be 4+4=8.

And they're probably rounding to 4.

I'd say it's closer to... 2x3.5 which would be... 4+12.25=16.25... square root is ... 4.03 which they round down to 4".

So 4" diagonally is probably about 2" by 3.5".


I think my brain just exploded! :eek:

( :D ;) )
 
Hoping that MR or Engadget and all the other sites don't crash on monday...
 
Hoping that MR or Engadget and all the other sites don't crash on monday...

Its a valid point, I think Engadget will be ok but I have noticed one or two problems recently when using Macrumors. Front page not loading, forums slowing up a bit. Might be something to look into, as I'm sure Arn has been.

Better then the spelling contests that go on from time to time. Ya know, like english 101--))));)

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A 50/50 chance of releasing this tablet thing is a pretty bold statement, think about it, seriously. Just because there's 2 outcomes for something doesn't mean that there's a 50/50 chance of it going each way. Some people on these boards need to think about things before they type them.
 
that being said, there will be no iTablet on monday, absolutely not. This analyst is just typing out of his ass for site traffic.
 
In all honesty all i want is a better iPhone and only one! I dont want apple to come out with an iPhone nano or anything like that because then they will turn into iPod's....everyone will have one........:( But idc i am about to go crazy waiting for WWDC.
 
that being said, there will be no iTablet on monday, absolutely not. This analyst is just typing out of his ass for site traffic.

Well, if that was the goal, it sure has the traffic flowing ... very successfully. Not to mention teaching a full basic math course in the process.
 
iTablet?

From personal experience, I am not sure how good of an idea it is to make an iTablet. I used tablet/slate PC for a year at college and it was a blast because I was the only one with a slate PC and I got looks left and right. I gave up on the slate though and got a MacBook because it just wasn't very functional for what I needed to do. I had a slate from motion computing

 
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