Here we go again: Mac tablet claimed for mid-2007 launch
By Ryan Block 
posted November 26th 2006 10:14PM
posted November 26th 2006 10:14PM
It's been a while since we reported on the long unfulfilled Mac tablet rumor, but apparently "sources in Taiwan" have informed Smarthouse that Apple has units in the works for education and enterprise verticals -- two areas they've mildly backed away from in the past couple of years. If the rumor is to believed, the device will launch mid-2007 and would be designed also to take advantage of home automation processes and be integrated with a new wireless version of Apple's Hi-Fi, as well as being supposedly dockable with HDMI out. Now, we're never ones to take these rumors at face value, but we kind of think this particular rumor is a little overboard on the kind of mid to long-range details that Apple is known to protect at all costs. Like the iPhone (until it launches), we'll be tucking this one away for reference and little else.[Thanks, CoreyTheGent]
Gotta love those zombie claws.
haha, ya in the upper right hand picture.
Can't I just install OSX tablet edition on a tablet PC? That would be nice.
there is no osx tablet edition.
obviosely they are eventually going to make one.
this rumor has no real value, except to say middle of next year, which will probobly be pushed back and hide in secrecy like every other apple product.
If the rumor is to (be) believed.....
http://macnewsonline.com/wp/2006/11/26/apple-touch-screen-mac-tablet-pc-with-docking-station-in-mid-2007/
Excuse me while I yawn.
Hmm... Why wait?
Gateways' M-285 is about as sweet as it gets for a "power notebook/tablet"...
It might be a little heavy, but crap, the battery lasts a good seven hours and anyone who regularly exercises could carry it all day... Plus it is pretty powerful for a laptop if you ask me...
With a price of about a thousand dollars, its a steal...
I am interested in the Mac-Tablet none-the-less (not that I would buy one... ever... I am what you call "Anti-Apple"). Lets see how the "fashion" company of the computer world improves upon the already good looking, functional tablets that are on the market NOW...
Here's to hoping
Great news.
I hope it's as good or better than the ThinkPad tablet PCs.
>> hope it's as good or better than the ThinkPad tablet PCs.
What exactly do you not like about the ThinkPad tablets? Look great to me. Currently I'm trying top decide between one and a new MacBook for next May.
-p-
Gateway? Please.
I don't even own a Mac product but you can be assured that Apple will come up with a better product than that flimsy product.
There are far better tablets out there, made by more reputable notebook manufacturers, such as Lenovo, Toshiba, Fujitsu, etc.
So I'm guessing the "sources in Taiwan" are now going to say that Apple is ordering the production of the Apple iGame?
And Toshiba is the king of tablet PCs.
every time I see that picture I think these things are being designed for some kind of freaky claw-hand aliens
I for one welcome our new tablet-bearing overlords.
Yes, Apple is just a "fashion" company. The fact that it has a more advanced operating system is beside the fact huh? Ignorance is bliss sometimes isn't it?
This is true. My friend's whose dog once shat on Steve J's lawn told me so.
I bet it doubles as a portable frying pan too!
If apple is still getting batteries from Sony, it just might be!
Tablet PCs are a niche. A niche that is very very capably and amply filled. I wonder what "innovation" Apple will introduce with what will no doubt be touted by the Mac-zealotry as a brand-new form factor.
They really do need to fix that hand in the drawing. Carpal Tablet Syndrome?
tablet pc's input through a pen. the apple one will most likely be multiple touch screen technology. just look at those pictures. they are using their fingers not a pen. i have a tablet pc and it's damn nice but you can be sure that if apple uses their multiple touch screen/ bevel touch screen patents on this that it will blow a normal tablet pc out of the water.
You guys need to remember this was most likely a disguised patent for the iPhone's multitouch capabilities in the same way the iPod's clickwheel was disguised in a patent for the mouse.
This was most likely a disguised patent for the iPhone's multitouch capabilities, using a Tablet instead of the iPhone in the same way the iPod's clickwheel was disguised in a patent for the mouse.