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[TrekkieTechie]

So, yeah. This is almost indescribably exciting for people like me (i.e. computer users who want a Tablet and nothing to do with Windows ever again).

Any other would-be Tablet PC Mac lovers out there?

[godinpants]

Looks pretty cool.
I remember reading int he blog of one of the logic developers that apple was working on a new "protools killer" music editor which would make use of a touch screen interface.

So there may be something in the works from apple themselves.

[DavidGrohl]

  I'd say a touch-screen iPod is in the works . . it'd be extremely easy to implement and manufacture seeing how it would basically be a watered down iPhone.

[Emaline]

I had a link in my blog of this guy's blog about modding his tablet pc to be a tablet mac. It included a video and everything.  It was pretty awesome. I wish I could find that link.

[Melodic]

  I'd say a touch-screen iPod is in the works . . it'd be extremely easy to implement and manufacture seeing how it would basically be a watered down iPhone.

There's no reason Apple's next-generation iPod WOULDN'T be touch-sensitive. My only theories here relate to the Nano and the Shuffle, both of which will look extremely old if Apple decides to make a touch-based Pod, since the technology is not nearly advanced enough to fit inside a Nano profile.

[HFrankenstein]

Every time I see the Modbook mentioned somewhere, I get very intrigued. It would never measure up to my desktop system, however, for two reasons:

1) No keyboard, and I am a big keyboard shortcut junkie when using Photoshop
2) The screen is too low-res for me. I do my comicking on a 24" monitor at 1920x1200, and even that is a bit of a squeeze for me, since I work at 600 dpi and usually zoom in to 200%.

I could see using it for sketching, but I prefer sketching with a pencil anyway.

Still, very enticing.

[TrekkieTechie]

I'm looking forward to hearing what people say about it once they get their hands on their own, rather than one locked down on a table at Macworld. They ship at the end of the month...

Here is the 'iTablet', an iBook mod done by a dyslexic wedding photographer.

And HFrankenstein, you could always pick up a Bluetooth keyboard. Though I can see your point about the size of the screen.

[Mnementh]

I have an old PowerBook (4+ years) which the screen broke off of, this might be a way to resurrect it.

[Lazer]

The 2500 dollar price tag sooooooorta kinda keeps me from wanting this as much as I would under normal circumstances. I think I'll be just fine with an 80 dollar piece of shit tablet I rarely use.

[iliketodraw]

Spectacular, i paid more than that for my Macbook Pro. I can't help but feel i got kind of ripped off now... Oh well i'll have to stick to the MBP/Wacom combo until i can afford something like this.

[HFrankenstein]

...you could always pick up a Bluetooth keyboard.

True, but that'll just piledrive the Modbook's portability into the ground.

[TrekkieTechie]

Were you really going to do a lot of photoshopping on the bus?

[HFrankenstein]

Nope. But if I'm going to buy a tablet Mac, it's so I can work when I'm away from the house. If I wanted a tableted screen for at home, I'd just get a Cintique.

[TrekkieTechie]

Eh, fair enough. I'd be using it to take notes (I do that a lot for my job) and sketch in Photoshop.