…for a consumer product, having the iMac be able to leave the stand would be the natural evolution of it.
What? No. It’s a desktop. The iMac has already left the stand. It’s called the iPad.
The iMac will also, as was suggested, return its components to the stand, because the darn thing is going to morph into a multitouch machine with an adjustable screen. Putting the hardware back in the stand makes the screen adjustment that much lighter and easier to do.
Roughly the end of the decade: multitouch desktop computer line (not Macintosh; that’s keyboard and mouse), iPad from 8-15”.
Wanted to post a one-liner like 'wouldn't that make the screen too low for comfy-viewing?' but looks like I already got pipped by TS with a better reply.
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What? No. It’s a desktop. The iMac has already left the stand. It’s called the iPad.
The iMac will also, as was suggested, return its components to the stand, because the darn thing is going to morph into a multitouch machine with an adjustable screen. Putting the hardware back in the stand makes the screen adjustment that much lighter and easier to do.
Roughly the end of the decade: multitouch desktop computer line (not Macintosh; that’s keyboard and mouse), iPad from 8-15”.