Comments on: MacTab: Convertible MacBook Design

By: Kendall Tawes

Kendall Tawes — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:36:45 +0000

That looks great but I would still have a standard track pad in the keyboard. I don’t want to have to use a pen when I’m sitting back browsing the web at my desk, reclined in my desk chair. but I would love to use the pen when I’m about town or stopping for some tea or coffee.

Regardless a tablet Mac like that would just be incredible.

By: sjmills

sjmills — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:41:33 +0000

My handwriting sucks and I hate to write. Give me a keyboard.

That concept looks cool and might be sorta nice for those people who use a portable computer mostly so they can take it with them and always use it at a desk. I use a portable computer so it can rest on my lap and is made up of one part, not multiple parts that might need to be disconnected and reconnected, or would easily break because they’re designed to come apart.

By: knight

knight — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:29:16 +0000

Chances are, knowing what we know about mulitouch, if Apple was ever to make a real MacTablet, it probably use a combonation of a pen & multitouch interface.

Think about it, you use your fingers to click and drag a file into a folder, then double tap it to open the file, Photoshop launches, you still use your fingers to do that cool two finger zoom then you use the pen (already in your hand) and you start touching up the photo. I think that could be a very cool way of working.

That’s just my thoughts.

By: Honza

Honza — Thu, 10 May 2007 09:49:59 +0000

Right. I want a pen. And forget the keyboard.

By: Rob Hawkes

Rob Hawkes — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:49:43 +0000

“*boring*
the pen is a outdated input devide. multiple fingers/multitouch is the key!”

Could you be any more incorrect? We don’t write with our fingers, we use pens because they excrete ink and are precise. Pens are used in computer graphics because they are extremely accurate. This isn’t the iPhone!

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:39:54 +0000

“… sick looking images …” ?

By: apller

apller — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:36:23 +0000

*boring*
the pen is a outdated input devide. multiple fingers/multitouch is the key!

By: donebylee

donebylee — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:43:08 +0000

Wow, that is a really great idea. I would definitely buy one if it wasn’t too outrageously priced.

By: Twist

Twist — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:36:43 +0000

Kind of reminds me of the old Powerbook concept Apple had made except that wasn’t a tablet. The concept I am thinking of was featured in a MacWorld or MacAddict magazine back in the mid to late 90’s (pre-G3 I think). The screen was removable, had a stand built-in, and had a sensor in it that allowed you to set it up in either portrait or landscape orientation and it would automatically adjust accordingly.

It is neat but the modBook with a better price and better pressure sensitivity would be fine with me.