@t: yep it seems quite clear that as media platforms (content digesting, web, games and basic PIM) Apple products will serve us better for the time being.
Anyway it's only good that there are projects like Moko's one in development. Big sized (10"+) tablet format seems very interesting for many activities (productivity, note-taking, sketching, control surfaces...) that could be crippled by Apple's signature restrained hardware feature sets and application policies.

For istance, the 10" Moko spec lists a pen digitizer sensor, alongside a bunch of of ports (2 usb, 1 usb otg, 1 sd slot), all things that Apple may not feel the need to include in their sleek future tablet.
This, coupled with the chance to distribute Android apps without a strict centralized approval process, could lead to many interesting specialized use cases.

actually the pogo stylus has a huge soft tip, which means:
- it's easy to tell it apart from styluses for resistive screens
- if your UI is designed for stylus interaction, or if you need it for precise drawing, it won't work well. Think of it more as a fingertip replacement than as a proper stylus.

uhmm, I've found myself cobbling together an improvised stand, with a book, a pipe, or whatever placed under the rear of my laptop, to raise the screen up and have some air circulating under it, and I've never find uncomfortable typing on the angled keyboard - quite the contrary.

Anyway, personal feelings aside, I think you see a lot of tilted stands around because that's the only way to raise up the screen - which is even more important for your posture and comfort - while still enabling you to type on the built in keyboard.

It would be totally ankward to type on it if the stand had a rectangular profile. This way, you can still do that and using an external keyboard is a matter of personal preferencies, not a prerequisite.

I must concede there's something clever in the post above.

They've gone to plaid!?

Uhm, well, people here yell at pedestrians and bikers when they drive a car, then park and walk and yell at cars and bikes, then pick up their bike and yell at cars and pedestrians.
People just don't grasp relativism.

imagine sticking an umbrella on top of it and enjoy the watch of an endless journey

I don't think it has much software to sell either, apart from some Max patches.


The whole point of using off the shelf consumer peripherals and a graphic framework is about doing it fast with no hassles.
It seems his hobby is music, not homebrew electronics.

how so? it works like a standard trackpad
it has a physical clicky button, it just happen to be embedded in the trackpad surface

and also...
"For all of us who wanted a small screen MBP, this is it, and it's cheap."

Gee, what's making this new Macbook more "pro" than the previous one? An IGP that sucks less, and the removal of firewire?

But, wait, this one *looks* identical to the new pro... yeah that's the essence of pro-ness