<![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> People with iPhones, I have a question. Is multi-touch utilized for anything besides "the pinch" - zooming in and out of photos and maps? Maybe the keyboard? If not, it's kind of a waste.

mthrndr

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> The iPhone really is a tablet pc. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple just scaled it up and replaced the phone component with tons of disk space. It would be a category killer, the gesture-based interface is unbeatable.

mullingitover

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> i'm a product designer and illustrator who lives in NYC. but the last few weeks i've been shuttling between hong kong and mainland china designing home appliances: : : sketch, scan, email. and repeat. and repeat. if anyone thinks that designers don't work on the fly or could **seriously** benefit from a mactouchbookpro type laptop, they should live a day in my shoes. i'm tired of lugging even a small macbook, a 4x6 wacom, and a traditional media sketchbook and markers and pens. i'm a big guy, but my shoulders are killing me.

one thin tablet could make a world of difference. keyboard? sure, the new ultra-light mac bluetooth would be terrific for big text input; though i'd be delighted by an on-screen keyboard for changing tools in p'shop. price? i'd gladly pay up to $3k, with basic macbook pro specs. any more than that, less glady, but still very willing.

piktures

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Apple touchscreen keyboard needs tactile feedback like from Immersion technology. Anyone disagree?

rocketrade

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Do Mac fanatics really have such limited visibility into technology that isnt made by Apple? Myself and 90% of my coworkers have been using tablet PCs for years now and would never go back to a standard laptop. The price premium was 0 and the efficiency increase when taking notes is enormous. Anyone in field sales or in a role where handwriting is a big part of the job always benefits from a tablet PC. I think its only on fanboy "enthusiast" websites, where 90% of the posters and the columnists as well, are either students with free time or "religious" about a specific platform, is the tablet PC regarded as some "never was".

Its not a failure, its just filling the niche where it actually fits. Of course, as with the iPhone, once Jobs puts out a MAC tablet, suddenly the legions of drones will discover how essential this technology is while the rest of us, acknowledging the no doubt nice INCREMENTAL improvements Apple will undoubtedly add to the paradigm, wonder what all the fus is really about.

Job's #1 work of genius has definitely been in selling an image to people who crave differentiation. Many, MANY people didnt have to wait for Jobs to hand down the mana from heaven before having a digital music player, or a smartphone, or a laptop with a touch screen.

(entered from my 9"x6" 2.2lb Fujitsu 1610 w/8.9" outdoor viewable touch screen, convertible laptop cost a whopping $1500. Unfortunately it isnt made in Cupertino and doesnt have an Apple logo, so its irrelevant)

mlambert890

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I think MacTablet is more suitable for this product.
I am so So unergonomic and unpraticale that its believable that Apple might actually release it.

gscs

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> If Apple makes Macintosh tablets official, they would put Axiotron and their ModBook out of business.
[www.axiotron.com]

SoloSalsa

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Most of us can't see beyond what we are accustomed to. The possibilities of having and using a MacBook 'touch' are endless. Think about it... a 12 inch screen with a *zoomable* resolution of 3 megapixels or closeby. With the 'pinch and expand' technology of the iPhone, that would mean the resolution of 4 desktop screens in your lap. All those people complaining about the 'fine tuning' work they need to do in photoshop, etc., can stop complaining. Also, someone mentioned the ability to change the input methods and interfaces. That sounds achievable too. As for the keyboard input requirement, just imagine the levels of customization available to the end user. Things like language support for the keyboard, usability for challenged individuals, and so on will make the Mac plunge much more sensible to a wider array of users. It just makes good sense for Apple.

shash_what

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I almost banked on this idea when the iPhone was announced. I saw the iPhone as a test-bed for the next generation of computing. iPod touch being next.
I think a mac-tablet would do very well in graphic design, motion graphics, animation, video, etc. because many of us use Wacom tablets anyway. I wouldn't see this targeting the iMac or iBook users as much as the MacPro users.

agentUrge

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> The Newton is not coming back and the iPhone proves it. How? The iPhone uses touch input; the Newton used pen input. The two are similar, but there are distinct differences in the ways a user can interface and input data using them. I have no doubt we'll eventually see an iPhone that offers more PDA functionality, but I read the iPhone's success as a strike against a new Newton.

As for a MacTablet, that makes great sense to me, and I hope to see them roll one out. Tablet functionality is finally getting its due notice as a feature (largely because it is included in most versions of Windows Vista) and it is being increasingly offered by the other notebook makers. Apple will no doubt jump on the bandwagon once they figure out how to make a tablet *their* way.

sumocat

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I think it's more of a nano cut in half to what I see ;)
@Collins1:

Z

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Well, having actually owned a Newton. I can tell you it was one of the crappiest pieces of technology I've ever used. I do not understand the fondness people speak of it with.

rcarydon

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> It would be great to have a Mackbook touch.
It opens the world for artists and designers to physically draw their ideas and artwork on the screen.

Lots of programs like Flash, Photoshop, can benefit from this technology. It gives the user more control.

I would like to see MacBook Pro Touch 17 or 21 inch.

doinka

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> to all those who complain about text input on a touchscreen, may i point out that apple has just recently come out with a slim, portable, backpack-luggable bluetooth keyboard. Not all computing tasks require a great deal of text input. I dont need a keyboard if im sitting on the bus and want something to read or watch. The situations where i need to, a wireless keyboard certainly fits the bill. 720x480 is finally big enough to browse a pdf or paint a picture, and those are the two 'killer apps' for this sort of form factor, imo...

pucklermuskau

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @Kaiser-Machead:

You can actually make sense of what wizzledizzle said???

thechansen

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @wizzledizzle: I take it you never used a Mac before.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> UMPC's are a dying breed. People may even think tablets are a dying breed because of the price for a tablet pc and weight vs form. A relatively good tablet pc costs just as much as a fairly souped up laptop. Plus, function and form of a tablet should be different. If people carried around a tablet like a book, and used in during commute to read and write, they'd develop spinal cord problems and back problems. It's just way too heavy to lift up to a good eye level. However, there is a type of tablet that is almost the right size: Motion Computing LS800. It's definitely bigger than a UMPC, but smaller than a laptop. The screen size is like a size of a larger paper back novel or a memo/journal thing. I have one and I use it to read on the train, and take notes in college. The screen resolution is a bit small for replacing an 8.5x11 formatted note taking style, but the tablet's like 2 years old, they have higher res screens now, which would be fine. It's also a slate tablet, which is a must. A keyboard-less tablet reduces weight, both by the fact that it's keyboard-less and less plastic and metal to handle the hinge closing and rotating mechanism.

I am not an Apple fan, but I feel that because they produce the hardware and write the software, they can perfect each aspect to create a really fine tuned product. Thus, if they really do decide to create the son-of-newton not as a umpc sized device, but a small slate tablet device, it would definitely rekindle the tablet computing market. (Battery life counts, so maybe use a pico-itx like mobo/cpu combo and leave the other half of the tablet for batteries.)

xeijix

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I dont want mac sh1t. Fanpeople are going to campout in front of the store to be the first to get the son-of-newton, son. Since the screen is 1.5x larger, they will pay 1.5x the price of the iphone when it first came out, the "x" weeks later the price will be reduce ~$100.

People find out that they can only install mac software. Someone makes a hardware crack, sells their son on "pee"bay for $20,000. Next there is a software crack. People install software crack because they want to run 3rd party software. Apple make a statement and says if their son is unlocked then they void they warranty.

Later on some the the 1st gen sons have manufacturing defects, causes the some son to not work. Apple recalls them, but says the unlocked sons are no longer covered by warranty so those people have to pay $300 dollars for theirs to get fixed.

Apple issues official unlock patch. Those who used unofficial patch have been f*cked.

Remember when you were a kid... stick out your tongue and say "Apple".

wizzledizzle

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @Joseph: This is what the foleo should have been, bigger than a phone but way smaller than a laptop (foleo was/is just a small laptop that can't run anything but hobbled Excell clone, hobbled Word clone etc...) I don't need everything that a laptop does, but I often need more than a phone can do. A super PDA (screen bigger than 320x240) is what a lot of casual users would want, road warriors etc... Labeling it a PDA is gunna kill it, calling it a mobile web device, that plays MP3s, email and downloads helper apps is a huge market for those that want something more portable and can't afford a laptop. Steve wins again!!!

pagercam

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> There is a big diff. between smartphone and pda. One is actually useful. Think about a PDA in this day and age. Unless you have a wifi enabled one AND a wireless network handy it's like having a PC and not having the internet hooked up: USELESS. Smartphones give you the internet everywhere. Considering the proliferation of Exchange, e-mail, and paperless work environments having access to your Office docs, your work network, and push email is not only essential to business now a days, its de facto. Think about business without RIM or WM5/6 (and hopefully one day Mobile OS X) for minute. Then realize your Handspring Visor and Apple Newtons are dead for a reason. The big daddy of PDAs, Palm, would be dead and gone if it weren't for the treo.

thechansen

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> In the near future, I'll be looking to get a new laptop. While I have many reasons for not buying into the Apple-Fanboy garbage, the OS has been great since they went to a *nix-based system. If they come out with a multi-touch tablet, I would seriously consider getting one. Very, very seriously.

hnkelley

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Hmmm...a TouchBook?! COuld be worth a punt with Leopard, parallels AND bootcamp on it - would still need mouse support though - takes less energy to type than swipe!

MMFY

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @Lorne: No, the iPhone is not a pure PDA.

Steve Jobs: "It's an iPod. It's a Phone. It's an Internet."

The pure PDA as we knew it is dead dead dead. Sorry.

Jesus Diaz

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @pagercam: You can't kill something that's never born. The question is are we Pro Choice or Pro Life? Since the foleo was almost born, did we kill a living product?! OMG WE ARE MONSTERS!

Joseph

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @ANoel:
But, 'Windows Mobile' includes that product on cell phones as well. Kinda misleading data.


kaylix

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I think that I'd only buy a MacTablet if it included stylus support along with the whole multi-touch thing. I'm an artist, and so I need precision touch control while using photoshop that just can't be offered with my fat finger.

Oh, and it would be nice if it had an actual keyboard, not a virtual one. On a handheld it works because of the need to save space, but in a laptop? Hell no. I suggest they just do a swivel screen that hides the keyboard.

metalgear08

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @djfred

I think you are confusing 'Designers' and 'Art Students'

Firebird

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @djfred: I see you're point and I agree. I was also thinking it'd be really difficult to use without a keyboard, but it'd be quite easy for Apple to fit in one of those new thin keyboards into the design somehow.

mjmahon

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> In 8 years, sure.

Eventual commercial successes are fueled by multiple technical milestones+commercial failures first.

When we get to the point when literally every single person has a (fast, $250) laptop to the point they're a utility, then we'll see commodity multi-size tech applications succeeding.

~right about the time perfectly good iPod touches are passe and about $10 on eBay.

People are still getting out of desktops. Look for the laptop sales curve to flatten, then the Jesus Newton will return!

wonkydonky

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @jesusdiaz:

The pure PDA is dying.

Okay... If you fall into logic traps that easily, I'm going to try to make your head explode:

Is the iPhone a PDA?

blank

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Foleo Killer!!!

pagercam

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @mjmahon That's not really what I meant although I seem to see a lot of designers hanging out in coffee shops lately working in Photoshop. It's kind of a cliche that Starbucks is the new office for freelancers.And designers do travel to far away exotic lands and then design things.

Just ask Jesus. You don't think he's had to toss some stuff together for Gizmodo on the fly?

But what I really meant was that anyone paying $2,500 for a Cintiq would have to at least check out an Apple laptop with Cintiq-like capability built into it. A computer AND a laptop for the price of either by itself.

It would need a pen and to work as well as a standalone graphics tablet but I'm sure Apple could handle that.

And a keyboard. We're not talking about a device with a touchscreen keyboard, are we? That would be a huge disaster.

djfred

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I think a product like this is all about screen size. That said 1.5x the size of the iPhone with 720x480 resolutions seems like the wrong size. It's just two close to the size of the iPhone, and not pocketable. Also, the iPhone is already a great PDA and it will only get better, so I don't see the point of another product in the PDA space.

I'm hoping for a MacBook Touch with an 11" or 12" screen running full blown OS X. I think at that size the product can go beyond the functionality of a PDA while still being very portable, and justify the higher cost. I thnk an external keyboard and optical drive might be a route in a product like this.

getgreg

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Jesus, your Photoshop skills are impeccable.

Joseph

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I'm surprised that the tablet hybrids haven't caught on more. I just got off a flight where someone had a Lenovo thinkpad that was a hybrid. It was sweet and he loved to use it in tablet mode. I would definitely trade in my macbook pro on a new model with touch screen.

ramman345

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @ANoel: Technological trends are leading to the death of the pure PDA. This doesn't mean PDAs won't have late adopters. Why don't you check out the numbers of pure PDAs currently being produced as opposed to the numbers a few years ago?

mjmahon

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Give me that thing with a full featured OS just like my MacBook Pro and I'll drop dimes on it right now, just so I can work on my music projects in Logic with my hands vs. the mouse. Being able to touch the faders in Logic right on my notebook screen would be worth the price of admission alone.

Machines

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @jesusdiaz:
"The pure PDA is dying."

Shipments of Windows Mobile PDAs grew 64 percent in the first quarter of 2007, and this strong growth helped propel worldwide PDA shipments to 5.1 million units, a 39.7 percent increase from the first quarter of 2006, according to Gartner, Inc.




ANoel

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Good idea in theory, however I don't really see a specific demographic for it. Designers might find it very useful, but how often do you have to design something on the go? I'm a designer and I've never had to design anything on the go. Other than that, most people don't need or use tablet pc's.

mjmahon

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Apple should never refer to their bastard, operationally-challenged and love-starved step-child Newton ever again.

With Graffiti installed the Newton was actually quite a useful PDA in its day. All Apple had to do was admit the inherent limitations and abandon the Newton OS character recognition and unilaterally adopt / purchase graffiti for the writing interface. But nooooooooooooooooooooooo.


Don't get me started....

Vagabum

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @djfred: i should have just quoted this guy instead. heh.

TonyRockyHorror

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> just give me the option to have some sort of stylii for things like Photoshop and Illustrator that require more precision than a fingertip, and the MacBook Touch sounds like a perfect machine to me.

TonyRockyHorror

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Bring back the eMate 300!

TommySez

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> What I meant by portable version is an all-in-one, as opposed to an external monitor/tablet which is exactly what a Cintiq is.

The Cintiq retails for $2,500, btw. If Apple could deliver the same touch screen capability in a laptop for anywhere near that price point, every graphics professional on the planet would at least have to consider buying one. And when you factor in how many of them are already using OSX, they could have a pretty sizeable hit on their hands. Plus a lot of press coverage which we know they love.
I'm not really buying into the idea of touch screen technology filtering into a standard monitor set-up because of arm fatique but something like this is a whole different story.

djfred

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Uhhh....

No. That would be completely impractical. That's worse than typing on a completely touch keyboard. Laptops are bought because of practicality. Also, on laptops, the screen gets protected when not in use, but not for this one.

Roflgoat

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I'd go for something like that in a heartbeat but only if I could use it to edit and create stuff in Illustrator and Photoshop like the Wacom Cintiq. I've been dreaming about a portable version of that since it came out. I don't think it would be possible to get that much accuracy with a fingertip though and Apple seems pretty opposed to the idea of a pen.

But maybe that was just on the iPhone.....

djfred

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> The pure PDA is dying. A hybrid tablet is more practical and provides the best of both worlds:

1. Normal keyboard input for words processing, spreadsheets, mail and other productivity applications that require mass text input.

2. Touch interface for multimedia, consumer and pro specialized applications. A touch computer will be perfect for iLife'09, photo editing, video editing, music.

At one point, mass text input will be substituted for perfect voice recognition that doesn't get confused by ambient noise at all. The keyboards will have to remain with us until then.

A Newton PDA, as nostalgic as I could get myself, is something which is not portable enough to carry it with you everywhere and make it your personal info/communication pod (like the iPhone is). And then, it's not big enough to do real work applications with it (and justify its size.)

That's why the Newton failed and that's why the UMPC is another failure (except for niche industrial applications) no matter how the enthusiasts would like to paint them.

Jesus Diaz

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> [eshop.macsales.com]

Iggy

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Making virtual controls touch-based is far better than using them with a mouse, but why suffer at all with a fake slider? We need technology that will change a device's real, tactile, mechanical buttons, switches and dials on the fly somehow.

Whenever you switch to Photoshop, the physical interface in front of you would change to the right dials and buttons for the tool, and a large touch screen for the image.

When you're recording and editing audio, the interface changes to a sound board, and long and narrow screens for audio tracks.

Perhaps I'll patent this in a few hundred years :D

espire

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> A Mac tablet (or "MacTab," as I would call it) would be a fine device for portability reasons (thinner and therefore lighter), but there are two serious concerns: First, input on a full-sized version of the on-screen keyboard implemented on the iPhone would be difficult for consumers to adopt. Lack of tactile feedback might be acceptable on handheld devices, but do consumers really have the patience for that on a full-sized product? I simply don't know the answer to that. And while I think it's overreaching to claim but that doesn't mean "this will NEVER happen in the notebook or sub-notebook space," emphasis added, Apple should be cautious about positively assuming that the market would embrace a physically keyboardless computer.

Second, the glass surface of a full-sized MacTab might be more susceptible to breakage than the iPhone and iPod Touch faces because a larger surface area might mean more pressure can accumulate towards the center of the glass. (Disclosure: I am not a scientist, so this hypothesis might be total bunk.) This might not be a problem for those who intend to carry around their MacTab in a titanium briefcase, but doing so would certainly negate the benefits of a smaller, lighter computer. As for those of us who intend to toss our MacTabs in our backpacks, could we count on them flexing as easily as our aluminum MacBook Pros or plastic MacBooks do?If, in order to achieve this flexibility, Apple would have to employ a thinner glass surface, what tradeoffs would that require?

Michael Montano

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Think about it - what media market segment is Apple missing? - Print media! How about an itunes lile interface to all your magazines, books, newspapers etc. How cool would it be to have a yearly subscription to your favorite magazine automatically downloaded to your touch tablet like a podcast - same with local and international newspapers. It would be the final prong of Apple media dominance.

ebah

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Son-of-Newton would be the preferred form factor because you could type on it with your thumbs. The tablet would be cool but impractical.
And who said the PDA industry was dying? We just call them phones now.

blank

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Of course, "Mac Book Touch" Isn't catchy enough... I think they WILL come out with this thing as a PDA just so they can have a product called "iTouch". Or am I an idiot and thats already out?

Face_523

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> This post's timing is interesting to me because just two days ago, I was having a conversation with a co-worker about some future technologies.

I told him I believe that eventually, everything will be touch and voice. No more keyboard and no more mouse. I'm not claiming to be Mr. Clairvoyant here. We've seen this in the movies for years.

Ever since I used the iPhone for a week or so, I find the traditional mouse and keyboard clumsy.

As a professional editor who is currently working on Final Cut Pro, I would absolutely welcome a touch atmosphere.

iSmoteThee

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @Z: That's an ancient and awful fake of the iPod touch.

Collins1

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> The days for SonOfNewton have come and gone, as the iPhone already does everything you could have wanted it to do and more. A MacBook touch, on the other hand, would rock my world.

A go anywhere laptop/umpc/media player/wifi browser/sketchbook (for us arty types) would kick some serious ass. Priced right (a big if with Apple's history), I'm sure it would be the thing to finally kick tablet sales into high gear.

Drew Draws nothing of merit

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> @omg-ponies: Or simply be a "my size" iPhone :p

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> I disagree, I would buy a good pda tomorrow. If the iPod touch gets an email client and IM and office viewers, that would do.

SchruteBuck

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> This is a serious question Jesus. Are you the Apple correspondent? You post so much about it.

rcarydon

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> and what about the ipod pico rumors?
[www.flickr.com]
I say photoshopped

Z

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Stripped down OSX, you say?

Will it be as laggy as the interface in the iPod classic?

OMG! Ponies!

]]> <![CDATA[Apple Macbook Touch Concept and Thoughts on the Newton 2 Rumors]]> Not even tablets do particularly well, though no doubt the fanboys would eat those things right up. If it works well enough, I'd have to join those fruity bastards and get one myself, cuz multitouch photoshop, painter and friends sounds fan friggin tastic.

But, alas, I call shenanigans.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

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