The Mac Touch
I have an idea for a Mac that would kill the HP Swivel's/GateWay Touch machines. First off, the Mac would be called "Mac Touch", because you could "touch" your computer like never before.
It would look like the MacBook Pro's, besides one difference: You can change the color to any iPod color, including the iPod {RED} color (with the {RED} one somewhat cheaper to encourage people to buy it). It would have, instead of a regular keyboard, a touch screen keyboard.
On top of that, the actual monitor would be touch senstive, too. And you could "swivel" the screen and move it so it looks something like the Modbook:
Of course it would have a pointer if you wanted one, bu instead of it being *just* a stylus, it would be a cool, nice ink pen, as well (and there would be a place in the Mac Touch to store the pen. But the main pointer would be your fingers. You could (within the "modbook" postion) write with an onscreen keyboard, write with your hand (the Mac Touch could translate your handwriting into actual type font).
What do you guys think, though? Any possibly that something like this could happen? Also, there would be two batteries so the Mac Touch would be able to do all of this. What do you think?
Comments
I want Apple to roll out a new Voice Recognition/Computer Control API for 10.6 as well.
They have the opportunity to make big waves here with multiple input methods. Multitouch, pen based(with Inkwell) , Voice Recognition and Bluetooth/USB keyboard.
Tablets will not sell well to general customers but they do a damn good job for vertical markets. The improvements in screen reading in Leopard are amazing. Apple could really parlay this into a nice Universal Access framework that would be huge for those with disabilties and those who need more functionality.
Imagine in a couple of a years a Quad Core Tablet with 10.6 supporting almost every input method you'd want. Apple's increasing interest in RFID technology would play into this as well.