On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:30:12 -0500, Tim Cook wrote:

> On 2014-04-24 14:32, Francois Labreque wrote:
>> Andy has also assured me that iPads, Kindles, Nooks, and the various
>> android-based thingamajigs weren't tablets at all, because tablets were
>> 2 inch thick laptops that weigh 20lbs and on which you write with a
>> Palm-Pilot stylus.
> 
> Hear, hear!  Well, augmenting the specifications a little, but I concur
> that these newfangled touch-only widgets aren't REAL tablets...my
> current dream machine is the Fujitsu Stylistic Q584.  2560x1600 screen,
> 10.1"x7.12"x0.39" with proper Wacom pen input, weighs 1.4 lbs.

But surely that's impossible.  Or hideously expensive.  Quite possibly 
both at the same time. ;)

> ...oh, and it has loads of other bells and whistles, if you're into
> those things.  But dat display...over four times the resolution of my
> Fujitsu Lifebook (which, at six years old, is rather closer to your
> referred attributes, ahem), in a smaller area.  And it's less than a
> thousand dollars!
> 
> Mind, the Q584's specs are rather unusual and extravagant; most
> pen-input tablets are still poking around the 1280x800 neighbourhood.

In all seriousness, that sounds like a pretty nice piece of kit.

> Also, re. OP:  It's the future.  I was promised flying cars!  But I
> don't see any.  Why?  WHY?

Have you seen how people drive? Do you REALLY want that in 3D? ;)

Jim



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