“Mac maker Apple Inc. is in the early developmental stages of a personal computer system that will rely exclusively on its revolutionary multi-touch technology rather than traditional input devices, investment bank Piper Jaffray said Tuesday,” Katie Marsal reports for AppleInsider.
“‘Looking into 2010, we expect Apple to advance its touchscreen technology, known as multi-touch, from simple trackpad features to a complete MacBook touch with touchscreen keypad features,’ analyst Gene Munster told investors. ‘Discussions we have had with component suppliers indicate that Apple is already testing full multi-touch Macs, but the software requirements will likely lead to a launch timeframe of 2010,'” Marsal reports.
Full article here.
Looking forward to what Apple does with its multi-touch technology. I wonder if it will be as revolutionary as the mouse?
I’m not surprised. It seems like the next logical procession in the UI.
Both, please, in a tiny, lightweight, and not underpowered device.
Sounds like another April Fool
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You know, I think I saw this movie.
One of the prototypes resembles a black mock turtleneck sweater. It’s controlled by something that looks like bottled water. Now you know.
Can’t wait to try Adobe Fingerpaint.
Give me an 8-10″ slate version of the iPhone and I’ll be happy.
Amp
It’s not just bottled water, it bottled Spring Water! Perish the thought of drinking bottled Atlanta water.
it would be like a giant nintendo DS, I guess, but will it play Zelda?
A new platform, indeed.
I feel the Earth turning on its axis.
Next stop: holographic tablet.
“Perish the thought of drinking bottled Atlanta water.”
It’s not that bad once you get used to the spots and rainbows.
Meanwhile, Ballmer has been experimenting with giant, multi-touch sensitive chocolate bars. There’s no point. It just keeps him out of the boardroom while adults are talking.
“Can’t wait to try Adobe Fingerpaint.”
Wouldn’t Corel® Painter™ X make more sense? Just saying.
@iWill
Holographic tablet?? oooooooooo…….*slightly drools*
And as a bonus the multi-touch Mac will come with a hydrogen-fueled jet-pack. The bad news is that you have to let Tom Cruise in your house to operate it.
Fine. Yes, I do expect them to move their entire mac line into full multi-touch input. And that would include macbooks with multitouch only input.
But, I want THIS FREAKIN YEAR a smallish mobile internet device that is more powerful, larger, and more versatile than an iphone/ipod touch. But yet at the same time it should be smaller than their macbooks….including the air.
Please do this for me Steve.
Granted : the next-gen iMac to feature Multi-Touch U.I. thanks to its new touch-screen technology.
Also granted : the next-gen MacBook line-up to be based on all-multi-touch U.I., release date 2010, after the first “MacTablet” to be released in 2009.
MAYA principle, Folks : Most Advanced Yet Acceptable.
First step : get people used to multi-touch through the iPhone/iPodTouch line-up; then second step : increase multi-touch presence into existing product lines (e.g. MacBooks); then third step : go mainstream on the computer side thru the iMac; then fourth step : spread the word on the nomade side thru the MacTablet; last : invade the whole world with a full new portable line-up.
@ Ampar,
yeah but my post wasn’t really based in reality. Was just supposed to be a joke.
But yes, painter on a multitouch would kinda be cool except that most peoples fat fingers arent going to be real good at precise work. Still need a stylus. And since that’s the case, Wacom makes the Cintiq which is available NOW.
@Marc Duchesne
Look, they can release some full sized mac tablet next year if they want to. But I want my mobile internet device (larger than iphone) THIS YEAR NOT NEXT.
Argh! *folds arms angrily*
I can’t wait for the Divinyls Special Edition iPod – I Multitouch Myself.
You heard it here first: A computer interface that requires the user to extend hands and arms in order to touch a vertical screen would be an ergonomic train wreck. Physical therapists rejoice!
This is not an april fool. They are in fact developing full multi-touch Macs. And considering they did an initial run of 5000 units, i think they will possibly be here sooner than 2010.
iMac Touch is a scalable tablet.
But he keeps locking himself in the closet.
magic word: straight
Amazing that the computers of Star Trek: The Next Generation are going to occur within our lifetimes…