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Old 07-24-2008, 12:39 AM
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Ehhhhhhhhmmmmmmm... Hmmmmm,
No. Not for me. There's a gimmick factor here that will attract some buyers, no question. What works great for the iPhone, I think will just wear people out on a screen that size. Yeah, like you said, the Minority Report factor might draw in people who were intrigued with the idea of this technology in their hands. Maybe like how I want that Knight 2000 GPS.
But at the end of the day, I have a feeling most users will reach for the mouse and not the screen.
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oh, I agree on that size - I'm talking a handheld, 8" screen tablet with that kind of software.
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Old 07-24-2008, 01:08 AM
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Ok...

I agree with Denny. It actually sounds like something apple would do. Have a computer, that is not really that much different (except maybe case and a few other things) than their Mac Pros and market it as total gaming rigs and if the price point is high, add a copy of windows in. While apple considers themselves a hardware company and not a software company, I'm sure they would never give money to Microsoft like that.

Coffee, all anyone needs to do is put Windows on their Mac and they can game away. That's how I play TF2, otherwise I would have some Computer Engineers trying to figure out how to load AND play TF2 on a PIII 866 MHz desktop.

Apple in that article Denny supplied or something, talks about how they have actually changed their pricing strategies. Instead of simply having a high price because they are apple, they are starting it at a high price, and bringing the price down (probably after they see returns that cover their investment(s).

I'm interested to see what Apple has up their sleeves. I think the whole iPod/iTunes revolutionized the industry in that it exploded to all kinds of markets. I really like a UMPC and a tablet. Tablets, as far as I've seen, haven't been terribly successful. An Apple tablet that functions would be insanely awesome.
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Old 07-24-2008, 01:11 AM
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yeah, I know you can game in windows on Mac. Just increases windows market share. I'm talking gaming on OSX.
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That's a smart design.
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That's a smart design.
Except for two different problems.

1) They would have to trim down the motherboard completely so you are looking at UMPC power at best in a regular-sized laptop.

2) The touchpad is at the top of the keyboard. Why?
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hey, didn't I post this or PM you this a few months ago?

This design makes no sense really. While it's cool, it's too complicated for a laptop to be worth it. Too many moving and detachable parts to be practical.
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