What To Expect From Apple's Rumored MacPad

Jeff writes "I decided to review the specifications of recent e-readers and mobile devices as well as the ongoing Apple rumor mill to chart out the most likely features, innovations and configuration we can expect from Apple's long awaited Newton successor/Mac Tablet which I'll call the MacPad. The MacPad will arrive in fall '09 or Jan '10, with a 10" diagonal color display, a $599 price point with a Verizon data plan, a stylus, note taking application and handwriting recognition and an e-bookstore for iTunes. Apple's biggest challenge will be convincing its huge installed base of iPhone owners that they need a MacPad too. Past failed Newtonian predictions by others are available on Slashdot and the likelihood that any of this is right can be gauged by earlier Confucian gems such as Haskin warns that Apple may be setting itself up for a failure with the iPhone."

Comments

Re:oooh i wonder if liqbase will run on it

[macs4all]

i say why because my app only runs on linux (for now). i don't know anything about multiplatform stuff and wouldn't even try to (I'm a VB developer..)

Apparently you know a LOT about cross-platform development already, because you're evidently developing in a WINDOWS-ONLY language (VB) but SOMEHOW getting your app to run in LINUX.

Perhaps you were developing in THIS, or THIS?

Idiot.

Re:oooh i wonder if liqbase will run on it

[T-Bone-T]

What are you talking about? The rest of us are talking about possible pros/cons of installing Linux on this tablet and you aren't.

Re:Why on earth would you hack it to run linux,

[beelsebob]

So conclusions from this:

CinePaint runs on Linux and Mac OS (I installed it and did all the operations you suggested quite happily)
Pixelmator runs on Mac OS, but not linux
Photoshop elements runs on Mac OS, but not linux.
You're incompetent and can't even install a piece of software.

What were you trying to prove again?