I, from personal experience, that the iBook G4 doesn't have much to offer, in the way of speakers, but what it does have would be covered up by this tablet/screen combination. I looked at the iTab site, and it doesn't appear to say word one about speakers. Hmmm...

Restart the story with "Some" Mac users.

Most of us couldn't give a damn about a tablet Mac.

Put an expansion port on the iPod for either a mini or full size keyboard and you've got one.

And bring back FireWire please. It's so much more stable than USB.

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Mac users have been clamoring for a tablet-based Mac for some time now

Both of them?
I don't know of anyone that is looking for a tablet Mac. Heck, I don't know anyone that wants a tablet laptop. But maybe that's just me.

Count me in as one of the two people who want a tablet-based Mac. I have a tablet PC and find it incredibly useful. Mark my word, all laptops will eventually have tablet functionality.

I would love a tablet Mac! The only thing keeping me from buying a mac laptop is the lack of a tablet option. Hopefully apple makes one soon, I'll be first in line to order one.

-Kevin

Neat ideal. However, like anything anyone else tries to do With a Macintosh and resell it. Apple will send that order to stop. It would be nice to have a iTab if Apple was the one that was actually making these. However, per the article this company does not fix any broken iTabs. They don't include any touchscreen software, meaning you have to fork over even more money. To me this sounds very fishy. Not to mention their website is very much a rip off of Apple Computer's website. Maybe one day Apple will make these and do it right from the start. As for paying someone to piece together an iBook all I can say is buyer beware!

I would be most interested in a tablet Mac, mostly because i know Apple will have an awesome new gesture based interface which will blow your socks off.

As for this after-market piece of garbage, wouldn’t touch it with a 10' pole.

Duh! I am an art director and do much of my work through quick sketches although all of the final work comes through the Mac. Being able to draw quick sketches remotely to send via pdf would be a great help andwould be a great record of creative thoughts. This would be a real tool for some of us.

Who cares about handwriting? Drawing directly on the screen with 1000+ levels of pressure sensitivity, using Painter or Photoshop, now that's exciting. As long as the screen works as well as a Wacom Cintiq*... Imagine being able to sketch on site, save as pdf and send via Airport to anyone. I already do this with a Wacom tablet (not a Cintiq, alas) and my laptop, but I need a table for this setup. With an Apple Tablet I could draw on my lap, or standing up and still have access to the functions of a keyboard. So, yes. Apple, can we have a Tablet please. Talk to Wacom. Do it..
*a Wacom Cintiq is a pen based electronic tablet which is also a screen so you can see what you're drawing under your pen as opposed to looking up at a separate monitor.

That just sounds really cool. I may have to check into a Cintiq.