“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.
I sure hope the glossy screens are out of fad by then. My iPod touch makes me feel like a giant greaseball now.
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Glossy makes it much easier to clean
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I dont think removing the glossy screen will fix that, but for your sake I hope it does
“Give me an 8-10″ slate version of the iPhone and I’ll be happy.”
C1, i have to agree. having an iPhone has only made it MORE obvious how much i want that product…
Yes, and I predict that Microsoft’s Big Ass Table will be slightly smaller but you won’t see that until 2010 either.
Thank you, Ms. Obvious.
Yayyy! Lots of fingerprints on glossy screens!!! I can hardly wait!
8-10″ would make a lot of people happy including Mr. Happy.
“NCIceman said”
“Amazing that the computers of Star Trek: The Next Generation are going to occur within our lifetimes…”
Which completely destroys the continuity of the original series. Unless all our new technology is lost in the nuclear war of 2050.
Seriously, in twenty years the computers in the next generation series are going to look just as outdated as the computers in the original series.
We won’t be getting FTL propulsion, antimatter reactors, teleportation, or replicators any time soon. We’ll probably have something very similar to a holodeck and virtual reality in the next three decades and a commercial fusion reactor by 2045 if ITER is successful.
“. . . except that most peoples fat fingers arent going to be real good at precise work.”
Maybe static charged and sharpened Lee Press-On Nails? Yeah, um, that’s why I’m wearing ’em. For the artwork.
I wonder if they’ll bring back Dalmation and Flower Power for a touch of nostalgia?
Multi- touch screens in laptops or tablets makes sense.
They make zero sense in a desktop.
Holding your arms up at shoulder height waving them around for long periods of time is very uncomfortable. Another company researched touch screens for desktops in the ’90s-thats where the term “Gorilla Arm” came from.
Also, who in the hell sits close enough to a 24″ monitor to touch it?
“Holding your arms up at shoulder height waving them around for long periods of time is very uncomfortable.”
Not for the current CEO of Microsoft, it isn’t. You can bet something involving arm waving and knuckle dragging is on his “innovations” list.
@alansky and nekogami13,
Not a touch screen. Apple will replace the keyboard with a touch area. You are right about the ergonomics of a touch screen (ie. monitor), which is why Apple won’t do it that way.
duh… and they have lots of prototype crap we will never hear or see either… so what.
For everyone thinking that the fingerprints and greasy hands to touch are some negatives, . . you can get iKlear from the apple store, monster has a solution at best buy and I use one called iKlenz used just for the iPhone you can get online. I think there all mostly affordable and keeps everything new looking at least – especially for my greasy fingers.
I personally am excited about touch and really don’t want to think I have to put a screen protector on everything. Sheeshh!
@Rick,
Please read my post a few above yours.
Thanks.
@Rick:
Come on this is Apple we’re talking about. You just throw the thing in your certified itouch Bosch dishwasher on light rinse. Problem solved.
Relying exclusively on multitouch? I don’t think so. On the other hand, I think I’ve figured out a way to drive my car with random arm waves and gestures.
I want to be touched.
@everyone complaining about ergonomics
Why would they make it so you had to keep the screen vertical? For non-multitouch use, you have it up in its vertical position, then it tilts/slides down into a horizontal or angled surface for multitouch use.