My next Mac may not be a Mac


Abstract: Apple has a history of defining the personal computer industry, but I think they are missing the boat by not producing a tablet Mac.
Steve, cast off your Newton nightmares and rescue this devoted Macophile before the dark side tempts me and I am gone, forever.

A couple of weeks ago I went to the bookstore at SJSU. The Apple student rep was out front with a maxed out G5 with a huge display playing a rock concert. As awesome as this computer is it is not the computer with the most potential to totally change the educational computing environment and to take over and dominate education.
In my opinion that computer is the tablet personal computer. Not only does Apple not have one neither did the bookstore. I believe that all the tablet personal computer needs to take off is a manufacturer with talent that has a driven and energetic sales and marketing engine that is in-tune with higher education.
I believe that could be Apple. If not Apple, who. Microsoft has Bob Scoble , but despite Bob's energy this is a big market. Well, Bob has sold me. When I get a tablet I am going to show it to a lot of people. It might be a slow revolution, but it also took a long time for the Internet to catch on! My next computer may be a tablet and if not a Mac, well; Bob has a lot of great things to say about Longhorn!

Posted: Thu - April 29, 2004 at 06:55 PM      

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