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Apple Patents Tablet Mac (with Photos)
jkheit writes "I wrote a quick news item over at the Mac Observer that might be of interest. Apple patents a tablet Mac. The new photos confirm that this device is a touch-screen Apple tablet. You can see it here."
My iBook isn't going to happy when she sees that come home with me. :(
Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
It's actually a revolutionary new transportation system which will enable people to get about without requiring gasoline. In snow you simply stand upon it and carve your way downhill or grab a fender and glide along behind traffice. In the summer attach trucks and wheels and you've got it finished.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
No Ethernet. No space for a floppy. Lame.
Melius mori in libertate quam vivere in servitute.
Apple's minimalist designs look great up close and live, but they look like total crap when translated to technical-esque illustrations like these.
Very funny, Jobs. And this is different from my palmpilot how, exactly? Oh, yours is bigger, you say?
-- Waht? Tehr's a preveiw buottn?
It's ok, it's only a computer, and it doesn't have a personality.
Quiet, you'll hurt it's feelings!
Doesn't this violate the Etch-a-Sketch design patent?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
All I have to say about this is: 20030076303.
i got one right here...
granted, it's not a high-res display, and the redraw rate really sucks, but it does come in a nice pink.
for a minute there, i lost myself...
iPad.
This is obviously the PowerBook G5. Not shown is the processor, which will be incorporated into the power supply. :)
"The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved." -- John Ashcroft
I heard there was some guy who wrote a top ten list of his favourite activities on a pair of tablets. That's gotta be prior art!
...no one apart from Apple will be allowed to make a tablet Macintosh?
TIHS ILLEGAL MONOPOLY MUST STOP!!!
Repton.
They say that only an experienced wizard can do the tengu shuffle.
Labtop
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
moo.
With the speed of the patent office being what it is, maybe this is a patent for the Newton, finally being granted.
moo.
If Apple turned the 12" PB or iBook into a table, that would rock.
They already have. They call it a 17" PowerBook.
Yea - who woudl ever buy a "niche" audio player from a "niche" computer company.
Oh, btw, I think I heard in some recent news that Apple is going out of business
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-shpoffo
Never mind, scratch that. Can I buy your new iMac after you mess up some of the settings on that one too? It can fund your new G5 ;)
I wonder how long it will take Microsoft to copy this great idea...
Labtop
It's the top of a labrador. Apple is going to release the top of a labrador retriever.
Don't get the first version; it's full of bugs.
By your calculations, Calvin Klein thong underwear for men will soon be more popular than cell phones because its users probably wear the underwear for upwards of 14 hours a day continuous!
The parent was referring to visibility, if you're looking at men's thong underwear 14 hours a day I think you need professional help.
I stole this Sig
How much longer do you think we'll all be pressing a seperate button for every single letter in every word we want to express? I say rot in hell qwerty - apple give me a blue tooth headset and some new software.
I assume you're not a programmer, huh?
"Uh... if, open parentheses, current address... I mean, all run together with a lower-case c and upper-case a... equals equals null, all uppercase... close parentheses..."
The filesystem is the package manager
Next up, the suppository Mac...