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Macbook Touch rumor

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Ryno
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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/rumor-apple-to.html


Buttsecks?

Jul 23 2008 12:22PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Whats with the weird keyboard?
Jul 23 2008 12:24PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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the sad thing is people will actually buy it...
Jul 23 2008 12:29PM
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KSdesign
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the keyboard is used for Garageband (a Mac application that comes with it if u didnt know)

i wouldnt doubt it if this was made within the next year or so... Mac is soo hot right now
Jul 23 2008 12:31PM
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maclem
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wowwww look at that thing
Jul 23 2008 12:34PM
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statuswhitegirl
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that is insane.
Jul 23 2008 12:38PM
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jwhyte
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my guess will be that os x 10.7 will be rendered for touch screen compatibility.
after 10.6 makes it run really fast.
Jul 23 2008 1:19PM
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Pipe_Munky
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i think this is the sort of thing that consumers have been waiting for. providing this would has a stylus pen accessory, it would be perfect for those in the business community during meetings and for students taking notes in lectures.

plus you get the "cool" factor that every tech head is going to want.
Jul 23 2008 1:21PM
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landonn
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ah man, i saw one of those in click.  but in click it didnt come out for like 20 years.  they look so hot. no homo
Jul 23 2008 1:26PM
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Balto
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i really don't think this will be made any time soon. osx lepoard just could not handle it. maybe when osx snow lepoard comes out but that will be in like 2-3 years
Jul 23 2008 1:34PM
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Pippin
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okay, i was talking with my dad(tech geek) and we realized, that really what else can they really evolve in todays computers, with todays technology. Really if you think about it, they have flat ass screens, and there'yre working on making the processors and boards and fans physically smaller so all thats left is to make touch screen enabled computers...that being said, i am not sure i 100% like the idea of a keyboard on a touch screen, its barable and useful on the ipod touch, but typing is a bit tedious, ....on a bigger screen im sure it would be easier, but still i like having the reassurance of pressing down a key...not entirely sure why, its most likely a psychological thing, i am not sure i could get used to tapping a hard surface
Jul 23 2008 1:52PM
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MacMahoooon
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what about the HP Touchsmart PC? http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/touchsmart/index.html#/Overview/

its not the most new and innovative thing in the world.

and not the most convenient thing being fully touch screen. I have a convertible tablet/laptop for work and as nice as it is for a few applications to poke and scribble right on the screen, it spends most of the time in laptop mode.
Jul 23 2008 2:03PM
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Deletedtoday
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i'd brake that shit so fast. But i think is kinda weird how tech and computers are going becoming so fancy, when do you draw the line like look at the macbook air, Do we really need a laptop the skinny? I wanna see what technology will look like in ten years
Jul 23 2008 2:09PM
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Balto
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did you see how many times leopard was pushed back? there is no chance that snow leopard will be out by next fall.
Jul 23 2008 2:10PM
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Jwenz
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I guess they have to keep up with HP...that new beast is redic

That looks played though. I would rather have a laptop
Jul 23 2008 2:12PM
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Ryno
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The thing is with the apperent success of the touchscreen implimentation/design in ipods and iphones, the outcomes of a macbook touch might actually be usable (unlike previous tablets/touchscreens). I dont see it being common place since a lot of people wont like touching a hard surface that much but i think it would catch on as a fun 'toy' persay, even more so if there is an 'app store' to allow people to develop there own software for it (thats where I really see the potential).

The app store is the best thing apple has going for it right now and if they have it with the ability to develop software for a potential macbook touch, shit would hit the fan.
Jul 23 2008 2:15PM
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R-Bertsch
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yeah for real, HP has been doing this for years. im sure everyone will freak out when mac comes out with it. its essentially just a tablet pc
Jul 23 2008 2:19PM
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no_steeze
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that would be a pain in the ass and people aren't ready for that yet, they're still blown away by the iphone so a touchscreen computer would be too overwhelming
Jul 23 2008 2:19PM
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RICK_ROSS
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i would
Jul 23 2008 2:25PM
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skierdudeguy
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haha, i know. if i turn around, i see the HP  touch screen tablet laptop my dad got 2 or 3 years ago
Jul 23 2008 2:38PM
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blindside
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fuck that I'm buying it when it comes out.
Jul 23 2008 2:39PM
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BASS_PRO_SHOP
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they had a commercial for it on tv. shits happenin.
Jul 23 2008 2:42PM
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Bepo
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seriously, half the people who own macs are severely computer retarded. Tablets have been around for years and the second a rumor about a mac touch comes out everyone talks about how "innovative" mac is, haha.

i wouldn't want a full touch computer. Touch vs a mouse/keyboard provides very little advantage (besides for multiple touch points), and think about how much you type and click. I don't think the advantages outweigh the negatives. Touch is perfect for a small device like the ipod touch, where buttons would be hard to fit and the applications are much simpler. I have one because its a superior piece of technology vs any other mp3.

I don't hate mac, I just hate all the ignorant mac fan boys
Jul 23 2008 2:42PM
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Ryno
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Word.
Jul 23 2008 2:45PM
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richards
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thats crazy , i would need time to learn how to use it and stuff
Jul 23 2008 2:52PM
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kylemiller
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weird... i would much rather have a laptop.
Jul 23 2008 2:59PM
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General_Shredgnar
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Touch screen is the new popular computer technology, and that thing looks amazing. So pumped for it.
Jul 23 2008 3:37PM
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0ptions
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I agree with this, plus to me it looks kinda akward to use.
Jul 23 2008 4:02PM
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Peter.
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how do you hold it and use it at the same time

like without putting it on the table?

one hand behind? awkward
Jul 23 2008 4:05PM
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PacificRimJob
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mine would break so fast, if i were to get that..
Jul 23 2008 4:06PM
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Delphi
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no homo is quite possibly the most homosexual thing anyone could ever say. Every time i hear that come out of someone's mouth I get so annoyed.
Jul 23 2008 4:34PM
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shibby
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OMFGTHATZZZSOCOOLI
Jul 23 2008 4:43PM
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Ben.
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something else i have seen discussed is making just the touchpad on the macbook a little larger and a touchscreen. little secondary controlls for itunes
or all your photoshop tools. cool stuff like that. i think that would be cooler than a straight up tablet. not to mention the fact that a tablet is not in any way revolutionary, they have been around for a while. although mac would prolly do an awesome job with it
Jul 23 2008 4:44PM
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KellyK
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either defenite rawness or major failness

not quite sure yet

probly gonna cause a stir tho either way
Jul 23 2008 4:47PM
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Waffle11
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Big fucking deal, a tablet computer, but wait!, the mac version is even shittier because it lacks a keyboard!  Horaaay, another miserable failure.  Everyone knows how hard it is to text on an iphone/touch, now imagine typing a paper.  PC's have had the same thing for ages, but with a keyboard.  And for everyone thinking that this will be attractive to artists and drawers and the like they are wrong, Wacom already developed this technology to a much greater and easier extent, plus wacom tablets work with any computer so it defeats the purpose of anyone buying this new piece of supposedly "innovative" shit this spewed out of steve jobs ass.
Jul 23 2008 4:54PM
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dave44
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I have a magazine somewhere with a pic of that sliding into an iMac... so the 'Macbook Touch' can act like a tablet and if you have an iMac you can dock the touch in it.
Jul 23 2008 4:54PM
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Grube
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i didn't read any of the posts in the thread so im not suer if anybody has already said this but it would make sense because i have seen commercials for a dell touch screen and apple is usually up to date on all of the new technology. but what i wanna know is how anybody types on it?
Jul 23 2008 5:00PM
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coolstoryHansel
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fuck my life that would be so sick.
i personally think that people who say the world isnt ready for this need to go do some acid.
if you do acid you will find the meaning of life.
then you will realize that the world is in fact ready for this.
Jul 23 2008 5:07PM
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Pippin
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haha, but would you really want a dell? ...haha no some of the high performance machines are the shit, and amazingly powerful.

As for typing eithier attaching a keybord through usb,  or just like on an ipod touch tap the screen, which can be tedious at best
Jul 23 2008 6:39PM
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dave44
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with most tablet pc's you can write normally with one of those touch pens and it turns your writing into PC letters. not always accurate but you learn to use it
Jul 23 2008 6:49PM
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nashbuck
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there is a whole lot of posts in here that i didn't read but i didnt see anything at a glance there is a thing called a modbook. the company takes a macbook or a macbook pro that you pick what you want on it and they make it just a touchscreen kinda like that. i'll try to find a link.
Jul 23 2008 7:01PM
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steezyjibber
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def looks real
Jul 23 2008 7:06PM
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dave44
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Jul 23 2008 7:15PM
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Dylan_
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oh, god. people are gonna splurge over it like the air
Jul 23 2008 7:34PM
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Alex_G
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yeah and the air sucked dick too from what i hear
Jul 23 2008 7:35PM
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pbandj
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i find it quite amusing that people would cream their pants over it like this when Windows has been operating systems like this for quite some time, HP has had a touch screen desktop out for a few years now.
Jul 23 2008 8:24PM
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shibby
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Ok, for some reason my other post did not completely show up. Basically, PC's already have this, and a keyboard.
Jul 23 2008 9:33PM
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skiEER
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im sure tons of poeple whoudl buy but as many other people said i like the feel of a keyboard
Jul 23 2008 9:39PM
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statuswhitegirl
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i saw a commercial the other day for an HP touch type thing, not sure if anyone else has seen it
Jul 30 2008 6:33PM
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k-rob
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lulz. more touch-screens? they were played before they even got popular.
Jul 30 2008 6:36PM
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.KYLE.
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Look at this beast.. its sorta cool.. dont think your gonna be able to buy it anytime soon lol
Jul 30 2008 6:53PM
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