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Speculation About a 'MacBook Touch' Builds
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IT seems to be a nobrainer.
They'd have to get it down to $500-$700. Otherwise might as well just get a Macbook. Seeing as how a Touch is $500 for 32gb not sure how they do that although I suppose it's costly in some ways to build something as small as a Touch.
They'd have to get it down to $500-$700. Otherwise might as well just get a Macbook. Seeing as how a Touch is $500 for 32gb not sure how they do that although I suppose it's costly in some ways to build something as small as a Touch.
great idea
the detachable (wireless) screen idea is fantastic I'm going to brush my bluetooth !
the junk and hard drives stay on the desk and i can work under the bed!
the detachable (wireless) screen idea is fantastic I'm going to brush my bluetooth !
the junk and hard drives stay on the desk and i can work under the bed!
Good point - which begs the question: Has the iTouch flopped? Does anyone know how it sells compared to other iPods? If it has sold very well, then Apple will be more confident to introduce a bigger one - a tablet...
Good in principle, however being someone who has used one personally, I wasn't that impressed. That being said, I'd have confidence in Apple taking that sort of a concept and making it better. However, in this case, "better" may involve incorporating one of Apple's favorite design philosophies - "simpler". In other words, Apple wouldn't make something as complex as that - they may improve on it, make it simpler, more minimal and so forth. Components rotating, flipping around etc. is somewhat un-Apple-like.(And yes, I realize the iPhone/Touch has rotational features built in, however this is with respect to the device itself, not pieces and parts of it.)
I just remember the Toshiba was so hot, and also had no battery life.
Next Tuesday!!
Are you wishing it will come out next Tuesday or do you have a inside track?
Ah crap... I'm also a neat freak. Damn I couldn't stand wiping off my screen all the time.
Hardware for electronic medical records isn't the issue. The problem -- and still a very difficult one to solve, even with "gestures" -- is making data entry fast, simple, and 100% accurate for clinicians. Software is the limiting factor and will be for a long time yet. We equip our doctors with XP tablets to use with our EMR software; none of them ever use them in a tablet orientation for more than a day or so. The nurses are more likely to use them as tablets because they don't need a keyboard to input most of the data they are responsible for. (Vital signs measurements, such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature, pain score, O2, weight, height, etc can all be done with a numeric keypad displayed on screen.) In fact, most of our doctors don't want to use a computer in the exam room anyway because it's more difficult to maintain eye contact with the patients. They're just as happy scribbling their notes on a paper progress note and then re-entering the data at the PC in their office later. Yes, that's horribly inefficient, but it lets them see their patients much faster. EMR sounds like a killer app for tablets, but the reality is that it doesn't offer any real advantage over a regular laptop or desktop. The portability and touch screen features just don't matter. The software is far more important.
When the touchscreen iPod rumors were flying around, people assumed that the iPod would be using a modified version of the existing iPod software, including a virtual click wheel. There were also rumors pointing to a late 2006 release date for that iPod.
It turns out that the iPod touch used the new iPhone OS, which was designed for the touchscreen.
Maybe something similar will happen with the "MacBook touch."
hello everyone this is my first post. i think that a mac tablet would be cool, but as alot of you have said it wouldnt be appealing to the masses. i think an even cooler idea for the next macbook or macbook pro would be to have the keyboard as a touch screen, instead of the monitor. imagine not pressing keys on the key board but just placing your fingers on a piece of glasslike material, which had all of the normal keyboard letters and numbers. this new keyboard would have to be backlite in a blue color, with the looks as a normal keyboard, but no keys popping up.
another cool alternative would be to have two screens on the new laptop, one where the monitor usually is, the other where you normally put your hands on the keyboard and track pad.
the screen that would be where the keyboard is now on the macbooks, but would not only act as a secong screen but also as the keyboard that could pop up and down on the screen like on the iphone, as well as piano keys for garageband, or a notepad, depending on what application you are working with or what your needs are.
another cool alternative would be to have two screens on the new laptop, one where the monitor usually is, the other where you normally put your hands on the keyboard and track pad.
the screen that would be where the keyboard is now on the macbooks, but would not only act as a secong screen but also as the keyboard that could pop up and down on the screen like on the iphone, as well as piano keys for garageband, or a notepad, depending on what application you are working with or what your needs are.
This is so out of scope for apple that I don't think they would make it. It really doesn't bring any purpose other than it would look cool. And if an iphone costs $500 out of contract, there's no way this thing would be cheaper than a grand.
Yep, nothing saying this couldn't happen I suppose...
Handwriting technology like that could definitely be cool! Only problem is, a significant portion of the youth today would have to learn how to write again since they are so used to typing these days!
[QUUOTE=thecartoonguy]I just remember the Toshiba was so hot, and also had no battery life.
[/QUOTE]Yep, that sounds about right based on my experience as well.
Obviously apple thinks there is a market for this if they spent the time and resources obtaining patents and spending who knows how much money.
I think the promo is designed to move out the old stock. Not sure if we will see the promo with the new line.
i'm very interested!!
i'd love to see a tweener device, bigger than an iphone, smaller than a 12" notebook. something that does everything the iphone does but can also handle more pro apps. i didn't upgrade to a 3G because i was hoping for this.
i'd love to see a tweener device, bigger than an iphone, smaller than a 12" notebook. something that does everything the iphone does but can also handle more pro apps. i didn't upgrade to a 3G because i was hoping for this.
If they made an EEEpc copy that ran CS3 and Lightroom I'd buy it.
Though I get the feeling it'll be a 'style' laptop like the Air and no-one will buy it (Speaking from a UK point of view - cos no one seems to have bought an Air here)
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ah yess glass
yess we need a glass screen so we could trace stuff on it! that we draw by hand (scanners just aren't the same you cant easily end up with vector art Adobe live trace isn't really time saver in real life)
yess we need a glass screen so we could trace stuff on it! that we draw by hand (scanners just aren't the same you cant easily end up with vector art Adobe live trace isn't really time saver in real life)
New MBPs were released during the promo last year (and new iMacs at the beginning of the promo). I think it's designed more to clear out iPod inventory.