Comments on: TiPb Speculates: Could Apple be Developing a Netbook with Detachable Tablet Display?

By: Krie

Krie — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:19:32 +0000

Does anyone else have any experience with this?

By: chris

chris — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:50:13 +0000

I use a win mobile device and it’s nowhere near Xp or Vista….It’s more like Win 3.11. If it’s a tablet it should have a full OS with all the trimmings…I’d pay for that! — if apple start comprising functionality I will let this one pass by. Photoshop on my tabletPC is sweet!!

By: Omari James

Omari James — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:42:29 +0000

Hopefully a full or special version of OS X 10.5/.6 called MOBILE OS X. Similar to ‘windows Mobile’ I would take 3 please !

By: frog

frog — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:54:27 +0000

It would need to run the full OSX. The iPhone is cool, but I’d want access to my normal applications if I was going to buy something like this.

By: absurd

absurd — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:12:43 +0000

Are you serious? This would cost more than a regular macbook, hardly netbook price range. Leave off the bottom half, they your onto something actually buildable (and profitable) at netbook pricepoints.

By: iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:20:21 +0000

drool

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:12:31 +0000

Detachable is probably not going to happen. Apple doesn't like too many moving parts on their machines. Too many extra opportunities for failure. The touch screen is more than likely to make up for the lack of a proper multi-touch trackpad.

I would also expect this to have a lean version of Snow Leopard, not an iPhone OS X.

By: icebike

icebike — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:50:27 +0000

Ok, so a table PC might be in the works. But where does the detachable panel bit come from?

There are a lot of flippable panels on the market, but detachable is pretty rare, because you are left with the most power hungry part separated from the battery.

By: Danny R.

Danny R. — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:17:55 +0000

Totally agree with Steve

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:26:46 +0000

I still don’t understand the need for a large tablet that is limited to what the iPhone/iPod touch already does.

Either make a tablet to run full OS X so I can use my Adobe Suite, and QuickBooks, and video editing, or don’t make it at all. I already have Mac LE in my phone for godsake!