Comments on: Unofficial MacTab: The Mac Tablet That We Really, Really Want to See Released

By: lEARTON

lEARTON — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:24:00 +0000

WHY IS THERE A KEYBOARD? IPHONE GOT RID OF THEM,.

By: Jason Marsh - Web Site Designer

Jason Marsh - Web Site Designer — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:10:18 +0000

What an awesome looking pc, can’t wait!

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:02:54 +0000

I think the design is quite good, but the keyboard would need some work
Panasonic’s Toughbook line already has the detachable keyboards & touch screens for XP Tablet, it just looks like it was built for the military (anyone surprised?)

As far as heat, so long as the back is alumnium, you can heat-pipe to it, and use the chassis as a heat sync.

The flat keyboard would not work for me, and would need to have some depth. The other choice is the laser keyboard, which projects a full keyboard onto the surface infront of you, and transmits your “keypresses”, but I hear that it really hurts to use long-term.

The stand design needs a bit more work too, but nothing that is impossible. Just double the length so it will fold up neatly, and still fold out to provide a full triangular base to support the screen on rough/mobile surfaces.

Check out the IBM Thinkpad Tablet for a simple, working latch design.

Personally, I love my XP x64 and XP Tablet, but I have friends who would really like a Mac-let.

By: Hanii Puppy

Hanii Puppy — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:14:01 +0000

uhh … there’s already a Tablet mac o.o the ModBook.

http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook

By: André Jorge

André Jorge — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000

Gostei desse novo modelo da apple

By: Geishagoy

Geishagoy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:44:58 +0000

Quartertone, I’m with you….

“A pearl of great worth …”
I dream about it at night. I visualize all the places my “McTablet” and I will go and all the wonderful things we will create together.
Others tablets pale by comparison.
Hurry Santa. don’t delay.

By: Quartertone

Quartertone — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:04:24 +0000

Clarissa - The thing that Lenovo (IBM) calls “multitouch” is very different than what is proposed by Apple in their tablet PC. Lenovo’s “multitouch” is very simply the ability to use either the pen OR your finger to point on the touch-sensitive screen. Apple’s tablet PC will use the Multitouch technology created by Fingerworks (www.fingerworks.com) which will allow the recognition of more than one point of contact on the touch-sensitive surface. This will essentially eliminate the need for a separate keyboard, since the screen can serve as a virtual keyboard.

For anyone not familiar with multitouch technology, I recommend checking out the fingerworks website. They are no longer in business, but their website contains very interesting information about the keyboards that numerous dedicated fans (myself included) have used for many years. The technology that run these keyboards are what will make these tablets the Thing To Own.

And yes, I will purchase one as soon as they becomes available

By: Motorcycle Guy

Motorcycle Guy — Tue, 15 May 2007 01:54:43 +0000

That is definitely a clean looking design. I don’t see the keyboards being detachable like that quite anytime soon though.

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:40:57 +0000

This prototype mock-up is not a feasible design. There would not be near enough heat dissipation to accomodate the Intel processor without sacrificing power or regressing back to the Power PC processor. Although these concepts are definitely on the board for future incarnations, they are still an unreality at this time. Rest assured Apple Designers are the best in the industry and maybe just maybe a low voltage quad core with a bit of onboard flash memory may be the answer in creating such a device.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:13:00 +0000

“z” and “w” keys are flipped also…..

By: Effero

Effero — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:32:14 +0000

The keyboard is a slide out and the back of the keyboard will be the backside of the front of the laptop when closed. This will be made … a little worm in an “Apple” told me.

By: Dorian

Dorian — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:50:21 +0000

“I also don’t see how an image mock up challenges the design team at Apple. This is only a picture - no specs, no features, no demonstration and most importantly, no prototype.”

It’s amazing that some people hold an aire of professionalism, yet forget that drawings, images, sketches, doodles, yodles, play-doh, toothpicks, and popsicle sticks are where EVERYTHING we have today came from. It spurred the imagination to want to ‘create’. If you don’t believe me, take your cherished Tablet PC and do a search for “Da Vinci” and “sketches” and then tell me how we put 300 people in one chunk of metal and made it fly! Somebody had an idea!

By: Lode

Lode — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:29:40 +0000

It’s the AZERTY keyboard layout used in France (and Belgium). The reason why you ask? Because the designer who designed this thing of beauty IS French! It is _not_designed by Apple mind you and the thing doesn’t even exist, it is merely a digital mockup.

By: Klaw

Klaw — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:20:51 +0000

@Lupe:

LOL “all looks”… yeah, that’s why the G5 processor is now in all Xboxs and PS3s… PCs are a cheap, dispossible commodity, with the option to build it yourself. Moderate speed gains and better (& worse) choice of games don’t make up for crap color management, weakened productivity due to glitches, and overall heinous GUI. I’d rather be in a slower Cadillac with an awesome sound system than a slightly faster beige Yugo who’s internals were “ergonomically” designed by 20 accountants, who speak different languages. Quality over quantity, sorry son.

By: duus

duus — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:29:14 +0000

i love it.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 May 2007 09:21:07 +0000

Looks nice. Not sure about using magnets though…?!

By: portait

portait — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:05:15 +0000

Looks very clean and like a ultrathin computer. Smooth :)
Would be cool if it would cost not more than an imac.

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:20:59 +0000

As a tablet user, I feel that this design is completely ridiculous. I really don’t see the point of using a tablet vertically. Writing and moving about on a vertical service is extremely difficult, any attempts at it would only push the laptop over. That keyboard is also a nightmare of a design. How would you type? Where would you put it when on the go? What if you lost it?

Functionally, this design is idiotic. It might be aesthetically pleasing and seem like a dream for all you Mac users, but using it would only end up being a hassle. As for the people who are excited about features that could be included in a Mac tablet… they’re already out there, but only on Windows machines.

I also don’t see how an image mock up challenges the design team at Apple. This is only a picture - no specs, no features, no demonstration and most importantly, no prototype.

I have a Thinkpad X60 Tablet with multi touch, if any of you feel like hating on the Windows user.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Wed, 09 May 2007 03:06:23 +0000

Ok… seriously I’m pretty sure this is a “mock up” from the designer. I wonder if it really is the tab book. I mean… think about it would apple really take a picture of the uber cool mac book with OS X 10.3.x ? Panther is outdated, and in my opinion there is no way its going to be on the images of their creations. Good Adobe Photoshop skills I guess.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 May 2007 02:51:06 +0000

I’m sure I’ll get some groans for this… but…

MULTI TOUCH SCREEN!

This would OWN!