Half a year ago I briefly mentioned about a Mac tablet in a post about the iPhone,I hoped that Apple would rather produce a Mac tablet rather than the iPhone. However time showed that Apple’s announcement was the iPhone and not a Mac tablet computer. Nevertheless Mac tablet designs continue to surface. This latest tablet is an impressive concept designed by Yann Le Coroller.
Picture copied from Yann Le Coroller’s website.
Wayne Smallman also wrote some in depth opinions regarding Mac tablets that could be worth reading.
(Via CrunchGear)
I personally like the idea of a Mac tablet, but I did read of a meeting with Steve Jobs and one of their major medical customers, who were trying to convince Apple to develop one.
Throughout the whole transcript, Steve Jobs was totally unmoved. And, he put forward a very good case for why Apple aren’t going to roll one out in the near term.
That case being that they couldn’t squeeze enough power into such a small form factor. Additionally, the wireless connections weren’t fast enough.
Of course, this is all relative, but in the medical industry, their needs are similar to those of high-end digital production, and let’s face it, you’re never going to run Final Cut Pro from an MacBook, are you?
Interesting, that is a factor I had not thought about, need physical space for the juice.
And yes, I would not be running Final Cut Pro on a MacBook : )
Personally my main interest would be design orientated.
Thanks for sharing more light on the idea Wayne.
Always happy to share, you know that…