[img]http://www.geeksmack.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/500x_imactouch.jpg[/img]
The patent above, as recently revealed by [url="http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/08/the-mother-lode-welcome-to-the-imac-touch.html"]Patently Apple[/url], shows that Apple are looking into a touchscreen variant of the iMac. But with a twist, more so, a tilt. The stand itself has a hinge built into it that allows the screen to fold backwards to an almost flat position, at which the accelerometer inside will detect and boot into iOS mode, rather than OS X mode which is the mode it’ll boot into in regular iMac positioning.
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Source: [url]http://www.geeksmack.net/apple/imac-touch-shown-off-in-apple-patents[/url]
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I want one
I don't like the idea of a touch screen computer tbh
I [i][b]hate[/i][/b] touchscreens. What was ever wrong with using a mouse?
Indeed, touchscreens are cool and useful for phones, mp3 players and that kind of stuff, but it is really annoying to have a touchscreen on a computer. It would be ok only if it supported a mouse and keyboard through usb.
[QUOTE=Ehmmett;24301052]HP tried a touchscreen computer, it didn't work out too well. The future is dull for this product.
On second thought, Apple has a large fanboi base willing to buy every product Apple shells out year after year, and Apple are wizards at marketing..
Who knows.[/QUOTE]
Same thing happened with the tablet. It failed, then the iPad.
what the fuck
ios on a desktop?
apple stop being fucking stupid
[QUOTE=Panda X;24301831]Same thing happened with the tablet. It failed, then the iPad.[/QUOTE]
That's because they were the first ones (and the only ones as of right now) to do tablets right.
I can see it now.
iTilt.
iBankruptcy.
[QUOTE=Bletotum;24305839]iBankruptcy.[/QUOTE]
Apple going bankrupt?
:v:
[QUOTE=SA Spyder;24305900]Apple going bankrupt?
:v:[/QUOTE]
Just the customers :downsrim:
I don't see this working out too well. IOS is meant for mobility. Bringing that to the desktop will not be good.
I can see this in the macbooks rather than an imac
[QUOTE=Ehmmett;24301052]HP tried a touchscreen computer, it didn't work out too well. The future is dull for this product.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/X-THdG5gVTw/0.jpg[/img]
:confused:
Edit: Wait, they released a touch screen device more recently?
[QUOTE=MIPS;24316787][img_thumb]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/X-THdG5gVTw/0.jpg[/img_thumb]
:confused:
Edit: Wait, they released a touch screen device more recently?[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/touchsmart/]Yes.[/url]
It's magical and revolutionary.
Nope.
[sp]If you can guess this reference, you deserve the internet, as it really is so far out that you can't imagine how far out it really is.[/sp]
I prefer a keyboard to a touch screen.
I'll always use a clickity clackity tippidy tappidy, you call a keyboard.
So it's a mac
but it turns into an ipad
what the fuck
iPhoneOS on a PC with touchscreen would just be a rebranded iPad
If there are doubts about the success of this if it is released go ahead and grab a fork and eat your words now. Apple will not make a "broken" product or something that doesn't perform on par with what we expect from Apple.
They could've fixed this by simply loading OSX onto the iPad.
Oh wait, more products = more money. Should've seen this one coming.
[QUOTE=Ajacks;24364387]If there are doubts about the success of this if it is released go ahead and grab a fork and eat your words now. Apple will not make a "broken" product or something that doesn't perform on par with what we expect from Apple.[/QUOTE]
of course people will buy it
that doesn't make it any good. this is a stupid idea. ios on a desktop. maybe on a netbook or something, but on a desktop it is completely worthless.
Actually I can see this as a replacement for the dashboard on OSX.
Does this work if I tape 4 or so iPads together?
[QUOTE=rampageturke;24364942]Does this work if I tape 4 or so iPads together?[/QUOTE]
that would work better since you can multitask in the truest sense of the word
[QUOTE=SA Spyder;24303900]That's because they were the first ones (and the only ones as of right now) to do tablets right.[/QUOTE]
Actually they do have cheap Android and W7 tablets just most of the good ones aren't out yet
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[QUOTE=Xera;24364862]of course people will buy it
that doesn't make it any good. this is a stupid idea. ios on a desktop. maybe on a netbook or something, but on a desktop it is completely worthless.[/QUOTE]
There is no stopping Apple from "innovating" your just gonna have to live with it
Wow another original idea from Apple.
What the fuck boot into iOS option. Who would ever want to do that. Sounds like another useless feature.
Reminds me so much of this:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA[/media]
Oh dang nammit apple is becoming like microsoft and windows mobile except the other way around.
looks kinda like apple's attempt to get in the wacom touchscreen marketshare
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