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We all Can.  but I think we agree, what I hope is that Apple plays it smart...  iTablet isn't out, but it mught end up like Cube 2, so I don't mind, and at first I was like, Apple?  an MP3 player?  but it took off, so taht was great...  It hink they may finally be making smart move after smort move...

Now if they could get the Processors up to snuff...

Hmmmm, I don't know about this one. It would really depend on how much they had to spend on R&D costs for the tablet. If they've put enough time and energy into this thing, i would think they would have SOME type of release planned. Sure, it might not be right now, and maybe 6 months down the line, but I imagine if they've done all the work to R&D it and prototype it, SOMETHING would come of it.

But of course, if they didn't spend much money in the first place, then you're probably right.

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Honestly, what is the point of a tablet PC?  I just dont get it.

Honestly, what is the point of a tablet PC?  I just dont get it.

I'm with you. Why jot down notes onto an expensive piece of computer hardware when a pad of paper will do?

If the tablet is about the size (and power) of my iBook, why wouldn't I just use my iBook?

Tablets have a lot of gee-whiz factor, but actual usefulness? Nah.

If I may quote myself...

Apple said this would be the year of the laptop. Think they consider a tablet a laptop? Maybe if it comes with MacBoy's attachment.

The PC industry sees the value and potential of a tablet line. What if Apple released the eBook? (The eMac is their only educational model, it doesn't really fit in unless they introduce an educational line like pro and consumer. They have the desktop, they just need the portable!)

They could distribute them to schools and contract some publishing companies to develop textbooks in PDF format. Imagine it! Teachers put homework and classwork in iCal, every student has a tablet with all their textbooks on it, they email all their homework in or upload it!

It would be great! (But I'm not sure what a tablet could do that a laptop couldn't in that situation... it's probably lighter...)

I think tablets do have some appeal.  The most annoying thing about my powerbook is the fact that it opens up to become clumsy and overbalanced on my lap.  I wish there was a tablet that was one piece and accepted written input as well as having a virtual keyboard.(like the one they will soon release for PDAs.  Not to mention the obvious graphic applications of being able to draw right on the screen.  If a tablet could allow you to interact with graphic elements onscreen it would be fantastic.

Hey! How about a keyboard that would pop up on the screen that you could type into? I realize that a tablet is about the size of a compact keyboard, so you could have a button on the stylus (or somewhere, just like the insert drawing button) and a keyboard would come up. All the keys are pressure sensitive, and it leaves some room on the screen so you can still see what you're typing. I admit it wouldn't give the same feedback as a real keyboard, for example, you can't tell if you're between two keys when you hit one or if you even hit a key at all, since the screen is flat.

It would be nice though

I love my tablet.  I use it constantly.  If Apple made one I would cream.

i would cream too.....

but seriously, i dont need one, it think that mac doesnt have a big enough audience to sell enough itablets (or whatever)

No, but I had a chance to use the HP thingy and It was cool...  Nice and light and easy to grab and read off of.  Almost all the same can be said about an iBook, but one hand to hold and one to operate, especially when standning is nice.  Lets just say, for some reason, i would downlaod the Times to a tablet and read it on the sibway, but not on an iBook....

I love my tablet.  I use it constantly.  If Apple made one I would cream.

Does it do anything a laptop can't?

Besides handwriting recognition and that sort of thing?  Not really.  But I find it to be a much more intimate experience.  I also find it more convenient for what I like to do with computers- lots of reading and studying.  I have a ProGear 1050 HX+ by the way.

I want Alias|Wavefront Sketchbook.

Whether Apple plays is economically safe or not, the revolution is starting without us, and when it comes time next year for me to start looking at new systems, if Apple doesn't have a tablet running Sketchbook or an equivalent, the remorse I will feel will be unequivocable. Apple.. please give me hope! 

I think that is aready ahppeneing, almost everyone has thier "tablet" now.  In a year or so, Apple will decided whether to go forth or not...

I would buy it if it were as inteligent as we know it could be, but it would have to be pretty special...