I knew Macs were becoming more popular especially among college students, I just didn’t know they were that popular.

The guy in the front row, second from the right and the gal in the fourth row, second from the left must feel so left out. I know I would be too

The only thing keeping me from getting a Mac is that they don’t do tablets. Not yet at least. Make an OSX tablet and I am totally sold. Notwithstanding a smaller ecosystem of software relative to Windows.

There are multiple speculations on the Apple tablet. Apple already patented the Tablet Mac, and there is even an after-market unofficial Mac-based tablet on the market, made by Axiotron.

Taking notes in class with a regular keyboard? Not for me. I’ve grown used to the more natural form of pen-input note taking in tablet mode, and I find that having a screen raised in front of me in class is distracting and probably makes the instructor wonder if you’re really taking notes or poking people on Facebook.

Speaking of tablets: Why aren’t we seeing any serious efforts in the open source world in the realm of tablet/pen applications? You can get a tablet pc with linux, and there are some apps for Linux-based tablets, but it won’t be anything as polished as what Vista offers in terms of that sort of functionality. I can’t see a reason why a tablet-focused Linux distro has not evolved yet.

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