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11/26/2003, 9:45pm, EST
Wednesday, November 26th
Columnist anticipates Apple tablet PC
PBS columnist Robert Cringely says there is an increasing possibility of an Apple tablet PC, and such a device might "finally be that link between your PC and TV." Cringely suggests that Apple create a tablet geared toward graphics designers: "They will become must-have gizmos in graphics departments everywhere. It's Apple's BMW strategy all over again, and virtually guarantees at least modest success." For Apple to have "more than modest success" it must appeal to more than the professional market: "The tablet PC killer app for the mass market is functioning as a digital hub [...] It's the idea that your computer ought to control your TV and your stereo and your VCR."
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Why is it these guys never shut up about it??? Look, I'm only going to say this ONCE: ITS NOT GONNA FLY so don't even waste your breath.
it should be like Tablet Mac or something....
right? PBSwhatevernewscompany....
btw, I don't think it's possible... see the failure of M$... the hardware computer is !@#!@ing expansive useless windows now...
While the real Cringe is at least slightly amusing to read, the fake one is a jelly-anussed dickweed without a scrap of originality.
No one should buy into his obviously misguided thoughts about an Apple tablet PC. It seems quite clear to me that he had Straight Eye on the telly and was fiddling with a chubby when he wrote this shit.