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Tablet Mac Becomes Reality

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the with-a-little-elbow-grease dept.

teknokracy writes "MacMod has a story about a unique Mac hack. Joseph DeRuvo Jr. says: 'As a Photographer and a Dyslexic the idea of being able to use a Tablet as a platform for showing photographs, editing, and an extension of my badly organized memory is very appealing. ... So taking matters into my own hands I cut into a Dual USB iBook and didn't look back.' It seems our intrepid hardware hacker hasn't just flipped around the LCD and added a semi-functioning touch screen - he's completely engineered a new kind of mac portable, complete with a CF reader, properly installed touch sensor, and topped it all off by properly engineering it all into an Ives-worthy design. With all the trouble these particular iBook models have experienced, why not hack one up for fun and turn it in to something useful?"

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  1. Neat hack but... by MoronGames · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's a neat hack but look at it! It's ugly! There's a big black thing going over the top. Anyone who thinks this has been "properly engineering it all into an Ives-worthy design" has got a screw loose.

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    hey!
  2. hype. by twitter · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Yeah, yeah, it's been done before but not as beautifully. The author drools over M$ tablets. Gnome Palmtop Environment has all of the things he mentions going for it. For all of his gushing and whining, you wonder why he did not just load a tablet with GPE so that he could have the "choice" he begs Jobs for. Other than sounding like an advert for M$, the man has made himself a beautiful tool.

    ... this just is a matter of having vision and a willingness to show people that things can be done differently. We do have to give Microsoft credit for making that effort. Their website makes information available for teachers who want to integrate Tablets into the classroom. I know we all like to bash Windows (and for many good reasons) but let us look objectively and give credit for what has been done well. I for one am praying that Tiger will correct some of the printing problems. Better support for EXIF info and sorting at the OS level would also be greatly appreciated. In all honesty, doesn't it seem that Apple should have been at the forefront of this? Isn't it time that Apple offers something to give us a choice? I know they say that the person who is at the cutting edge usually has bloody fingers, but PLEASE Mr. Jobs! We're all waiting...

    What a crock of poorly written horse shit. "I for one", "in all honesty", "let us look objectively", give me a break. Who's not being objective? Why does he have to tell me he's being honest this time? It sounds all so familiar, as if made by the Apple Switcher PR firm. The Newton and Palm were way out in front of Mickey$oft on this and tablets weighted down with winblows are worthless, despite Mr. Gate's page trying to sell them to teachers as a paper / chalkboard substitute.

    Nifty tool yes. A revolution that "a technology that will change how teachers interact with students how artists interact with their canvases, how people will communicate with each other?" I doubt it.

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.

  3. This would never catch on... by Inconnux · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This would never work, it's not pretty enough for the mac community... but why would anyone want it? it's still a mac