Does Apple Have a Tablet Up Its Sleeve?
Lots of exciting things are buzzing along the Mac grapevine these days; there is talk that the long-rumoured netbookesque mid-sized Internet device (you may have heard of the mythical Macalope?) — something sized between the iPhone and Macbook — may soon materialize. Note I did not refer to it as a tablet, but do keep in mind that the prevalent chatter of the day suggests a device with a large bright touch screen and no keyboard. What else could it be?
Times like these cause my Mac envy to flare up again. I find myself missing the days when my home network consisted exclusively of Macs: in the downstairs family room was a graphite iMac, with a pair of twin dual USB iBooks upstairs, and a Titanium G4 Powerbook in the home office. All of this was wirelessly networked through a white (UFO style) Airport Base Station.
The network has undergone a complete overhaul since then, and at the moment we are 100% PC. Except for our iPods, that is. I still mourn the untimely demise of my trusty old iBook about one year ago. I am sure that this plays some part in the Mac Fever resurgence. I may soon inherit my cousin’s iBook, which is the same as my departed one. That should help stave off symptoms for a while.
