rumor: MacBook TOUCH coming

Discussion in 'Gear' started by Puck, Jul 22, 2008.

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  1. Puck

    Puck Pro Bowler

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    yes, except I believe the keyboard would only take up like the bottom 1/4 of the tablet and your other windows would tile like Expose' or Spaces

    there have also been concepts that show a pop-out keyboard
     
  2. Puck

    Puck Pro Bowler

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    :yes:

    I believe that's the point
    Apple is poised to take a huge chunk of the market share

    feedback you see from Vista users is that they'd switch to OSX if it weren't for the premium price point of the hardware
     
  3. KamikaZ

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    And to me, that's always been what's held Apple from really dominating the market. Let's face it, I think most people would take OSX over Vista any day of the week. However, Macs have always been expensive and had a cloud of difficulty and a strong lack of accessibility (something I've never found as someone who switched over after being a disgruntled PC owner).

    Anyway, I'll stay tuned on this.
     
  4. Puck

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    then again, touchscreen technology is pretty expensive
    might be why Apple reportedly bought out a company involved in such things
     
  5. Deuce Wayne

    Deuce Wayne NOW Y'ALL GET THE MESSICH?!

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    That's what they live on. Being trendy.
     
  6. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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    this is the mac way.

    as soon as they come out with the tiny little laptop that everyone runs out and buys, they make something better so everyone has to buy that one too.

    need an example? look at every ipod ever made.
     
  7. Apple has always avoided tablets. They're just too expensive and the market has always been very limited. But the costs may now make it reasonable, though I'm not convinced the screen would be MacBook sized (maybe 10 inches).

    Apple has had tablets under development for many years, and in fact the iPhone's design came out of their tablet research. The work they have done polishing the iPhone would really make it much easier to put out a tablet, especially that they now have a full touch software development platform available for iPhone apps.

    I'd hardly guarantee this being released soon, but if I were a betting man I'd say it's fairly likely. And I'd even consider buying one.
     
  8. Puck

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    speculation is 12" screens or could be the 13" MBscreens
    and announcements in October, shipping by Thanksgiving

    there's a company that currently does Macbook mods for current sizes, but its DAMN expensive
     
  9. Gunny

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    So the touchpad is highly sensitive I assume?

    Voice commands would be a dream except you want to bring up that porn folder :wink2:
     
  10. Puck

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    is it Apple being trendy or are they setting the trend ?
     
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