Tablet Mac Coming in Fall 2008?

[jaduffy108]

As an animator...I would buy one in a heart beat. Thinking right now of getting the 12" Cintiq...but now...I may wait.

Artists in general would love one (and many buy Tablet PCs).

 

[gkarris]

If Apple comes out with a Tablet before coming out with a midrange tower than that confirms that if there is a God he doesn't like me very much...

It's not that God doesn't like you, Steve Jobs doesn't like you...

 

[Zillatron]

If I had told you that the iPhone would be fully touch enabled had no stylus AND no slide out keyboard 6 months before it came out...you would have called me crazy.

Just because we can't see how it would work doesn't mean Apple aren't re-inventing the idea.

One of the biggest reasons tablets haven't made it in the mainstream market is because nobody has done it right. I'm not saying that consumers are now or ever will be ready for a tablet that replaces a laptop, but that's probably not what it's primary role is anyway.

Don't forget, the iPhone's phone in only 1 of it's 3 core (but very different) features.

Z

 

[Stately]

not at all. i wouldnt consider the iphone a tablet computer. if it is a tablet then why would apple need to come out with another tablet?

It is a tablet, a tablet phone, with an OS. A complete tablet that has the ability to do heavy computing will follow if not sooner than later. I pray for the former.

 

[Obi-Wan Kubrick]

Nice, Star Trek Overlay. I hear yah.

I think the Tablet Mac is a a very real possibility.

I expect it will do great integrative things with other apple devices from iTV to Mac Pros.

Now if you could just download the tri-corder hum and the blue prints of DS9 from itunes you would be all set.

 

[gwerhart0800]

It's not that God doesn't like you, Steve Jobs doesn't like you...

You mean there's a difference between the two?

 

[dawnraid]

Is this it, this pics been floating around for a couple of weeks.

 

[safXmal]

It is a tablet, a tablet phone, with an OS. A complete tablet that has the ability to do heavy computing will follow if not sooner than later. I pray for the former.

Me too

A slate twice the size of an iPhone could be very useful. Just a few examples of things it would be better at:
Book reading
web browsing
Storage
Quick proving and editing of pictures
in car navigation and entertainment
presentations
Medical applications
etc...

 

[pjarvi]

With a CoreDuo processor it will hopefully be targeted at the budget Mac Mini crowd. iMacMini for the win!

 

[paja]

Tablet Mac

Think über Newton. Ultra thin with 7" touch screen. Hand writing technology, stylus input, wifi, bluetooth, running full OS X.

This and the iPhone2 would be grounds for divorce.

It's either that or Apple's new hand held game console (God I hope not).

I guess the secret item could also be the updated Mac Mini.

Can't wait!

 

[Darrin Bell]

Interesting, but I would have to doubt it.

I just don't see the market there for one.

And I can't imagine why I would need one.

Every time I see one of these threads, I can't help but think those two statements (or ones like it) are inextricably linked. You see, I can imagine why I (and anyone in my profession) would need one, and not coincidentally, I do see the market for it.

Besides, I'm sure Apple wouldn't launch something like this unless they had good reason to think they could grow a decent-sized market for it.

 

[bigandy]

If the tablet can register touch on it with a stylus/pen too (and pressure in particular), like the wacom cintiq, and a decent GPU, I'd happily trade my MacBook Pro for one.

I don't really use my MBP off power with the opening and the closing etc, but I would love having a screen on a cradle/dock on the desk, next to my external monitor/keyboard/mouse and drives, that i can just pick up and take away just like a big iPhone.

That'd be freaking sweet, to quote Family Guy.

 

[trojan675]

I see one of three designs.
1). A Macbook sized tablet with a superdrive and remote disc. Mainly used as a media center to control Apple TV and your Macs and Macbooks. Has Macbook/Macbook Pro specs.

2). A 2-3X iPhone lookalike that can be put into a screen and used. Uses only Remote Disc and can be used as a media device to contrrol your Apple Products.

3). The 2x iPhone that doubles as a phone. Has the same specs as design 2.

Either way we know it will happen. I say if it is Design 1, we can see a June "touch" on it, then a confrence in October, and a Fall 08-Winter 09 release.

Design 2 could come out March 09 at the latest and 3 would be out in July 09

This is just what I think.
What do yall think?

 

[trojan675]

I also forgot to put in stylus for design 1. And blue T, Wi-Fi, and all that other good stuff for all 3.

 

[Abstract]

I believe Apple will have a tablet with NO optical drive, no harddrive, a high resolution Kindle-like screen, and a derivative of the iPhone OS (which is based on OSX). It'll also have a 7-8 inch screen, not 12" or 13". It'll run off a low-powered Intel CPU like the MBA.

 

[trojan675]

i just thought of something, a on-off stylus to finger touch. I dont know how they would protect the screen. It could also very well be released WAY later and the "mystery" could just be a new Mac Mini inside and out. Or a portable Mac Mini(dont ask me how it would work or spec).

 

[ZiggyPastorius]

(try using a laptop with one hand while standing).

Just wanted to say for this one little tidbit I do this on a daily basis.

It's incredibly unsafe, I know, but there's atleast one time every day where I walk through the halls of the school with my laptop in one hand, using it with the other. It looks really ridiculous, and it's gonna end up costing me one day, but just letting you know some very rare individuals do do this On another similar note, I also use my white Macbook as an iPod. I own an iPod classic and an iPod touch that I carry with me at all times (both of them) along with my laptop (it very rarely leaves me), but occasionally, I'll turn on insomniaX and a song, close up the laptop, and carry it around, listening to tunes.

 

[HymerSchmidt]

I'm thinking -- if this is true -- there is a dual announcement at WWDC, and the iPhone2 comes out shortly after, then the tablet meets this fall date(like the original iPhone announcement and release being months apart). I think the rumored 3G delay is telling us what we already know -- there is a disparity between the stock of current iPhones and the next gen's arrival.

A WWDC iPhone announcement could, in fact, be a delay itself; we don't know when it was originally scheduled. And with this dual announcement it would validate the rumor awhile ago, the one about the tablet debuting at WWDC and iPhone2 in May -- except, keeping in mind the delay, they both debut.

 

[HymerSchmidt]

I believe Apple will have a tablet with NO optical drive, no harddrive, a high resolution Kindle-like screen, and a derivative of the iPhone OS (which is based on OSX). It'll also have a 7-8 inch screen, not 12" or 13". It'll run off a low-powered Intel CPU like the MBA.

No harddrive? Explain yourself!!

Do you mean a SSD comes standard?

 

[mac jones]

Is gambling allowed on this site?


cuz I've got a C note that says this is BS.


(I didn't see it in the rules section.I find it hard to believe that nobody has abused this)

better late then never?

 

[motulist]

This rumor makes much more sense now than it did in the past.

Through developing the iPhone Apple already has invested a lot of time and money on creating all the technology that's required by a tablet, from the touchscreen interface software to the touch sensitive hardware. They now have a lot of experience on creating touch based devices, so they wouldn't need to spend too much R&D on creating a tablet, and they can also benefit from economies of scale in the touch based hardware.

Apple now has many fewer reason to not come out with a tablet.

 

[luminosity]

I wish this would go away. Forever.

 

[carve]

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hmmm, I'm not sure about it coming out this year, but definatly next year

 

[Random Guy]

The Illustration looks more like one of those laptops where the screen can swiveled and be folded down so that it's like a tablet but normally it's just a regular laptop.

Seeing as apple will supposedly update their macbooks in Q3 this this might be what will happen. It would make sense, especially with multi-touch.

 

[macerroneous]

Tablet IS coming

All signs point to it. I really can't imagine anyone who uses an iphone as much as I do (and I'm not making many phone calls) who wouldn't see the benefit of a bigger screen. This isn't for carrying around out in the wild, like a phone. This is made for moving from your dock on your desk to the couch, kitchen table, bedroom, or around your office.

When Apple produces this tablet, which is probably within 12 months, but after the new iphone release, it will HAVE to be multitouch. I don't think it's Apple any other way. That means iphone OS, not MAC OS. After iphone SDK, there will be a ton of software for this platform. I also believe Steve won't port iphone OS to x86 systems because he could lose control of his hardware and software more easily. It'll probably run on PA Semi proprietary designs.

Steve will want this to be as flat as possible, so no optical drive. No hard disc either, just 32 GB flash. WIFI n so it will stream seamlessly. Bluetooth keyboard optional. You really don't need any other computer (for my low grade purposes) if you mate this with a time capsule. Apple TV built into the tablet so you can download your itunes HD movies directly.

You high-power users will undoubtedly still require pro platforms. Other than on websites like this, are there many of you out there? After all, it does seem Apple is moving deeper and deeper into the CONSUMER market, though not yet abandoning you PROs.