01-15-2008, 02:46 PM | #1 |
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Apple laptop: a tablet?
This article shows a photo of Steve Jobs today with a 0.76" thick laptop with a 13.3" screen, full-sized keyboard, 80 Gb hard drive, and an optional 64 Gb solid-state drive as an upgrade option - all for $1799 when it goes on sale in 2 weeks. Is this a tablet? If it is, it just might be a great alternative to the Lenovo and HP tablets that look already pretty great for mobile reading of technical stuff.
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01-15-2008, 02:48 PM | #2 |
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Nope, not a tablet. It's the new mAcbook aIr.
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01-15-2008, 02:50 PM | #3 |
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So, just to confirm: not a touchscreen with handwriting recognition, etc. built in?
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01-15-2008, 02:58 PM | #5 |
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Sorry, I just assumed that this was going to be a tablet. I mean, how it could it not be? I'm disappointed. But the modbook looks pretty interesting.
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01-15-2008, 03:06 PM | #6 |
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I wanted one too. I want my next computer to be a mAcbook convertible. I don't like any of the ones offered by other manufacturers. Plus, there's no way in Hades that I will use Vista.
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01-15-2008, 08:34 PM | #7 |
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I have linux running on a X61 tablet I picked up for $1400, it's a beauty
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01-17-2008, 02:50 PM | #8 |
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Unfortunately, I still can't find handwriting recognition for Linux. Anyone else have better luck?
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01-17-2008, 03:07 PM | #9 |
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