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digdog · 11:31 PM

http://udn.com/NEWS/FINANCE/FIN4/1274613.shtml (Written in Trad. Chinese, today's news.)

The news said, Quanta Computer is going to make their first 15" tablet PC, for Apple.

"...The tablet PC that Quanta is going to make for Apple, will be the first 15" tablet PC in the market. In addition, this table PC will also come with keyboard; The source points out, this Apple notebook won't emphasize LCD/Keyboard separated design, but focus on a notebook that has pen-input function..."

You guys may see this news (in English) later in http://www.digitimes.com

AssassyN · Apr 13, 2003, 08:21 PM

Wow!

That's good news for those in the market for Tablet computers! Hope to hear more news as this progresses!

swsteckly · Apr 13, 2003, 08:23 PM

Holy crap, am I going to be sorry I got a 17"?

melman101 · Apr 13, 2003, 08:42 PM

no ****, i just got a 12" myself

SOLIDAge · Apr 13, 2003, 08:47 PM

Originally posted by melman101:
no ****, i just got a 12" myself

me too! but fusk
...year of the notebook...

eScrib · Apr 13, 2003, 09:20 PM

Ok, it's cool and all IF it is actually true, but I really don't have the need for a tablet PC. I do have a need for a 15" laptop however. I really hope the 15" laptop remains, and I don't have to pay some kind of a premium to get a 15" laptop because it has tablet capabilities...

Patcarla · Apr 13, 2003, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by eScrib:
Ok, it's cool and all IF it is actually true, but I really don't have the need for a tablet PC. I do have a need for a 15" laptop however. I really hope the 15" laptop remains, and I don't have to pay some kind of a premium to get a 15" laptop because it has tablet capabilities...

Yep me too.. The 15" PB is my all time favorite..

RGB · Apr 13, 2003, 10:27 PM

I'm waiting for a 15" AlBook here, and my window to buy a 15" Titanium for dirt cheap ends this week. I really hope this doesn't come to fruition.

seanyepez · Apr 13, 2003, 10:30 PM

I've heard otherwise.

icruise · Apr 13, 2003, 10:38 PM

I'll believe it when I see it. If I had a dime for every "confirmed" rumor I've read...

nobitacu · Apr 13, 2003, 11:04 PM

wow... this will be on my to get list for end of this year.

Ming

Karim · Apr 13, 2003, 11:11 PM

Not to imply Apple is logical, but it seems it would have been in the Steve's best interest to announce this tablet computer back at MWSF.

It would have made people buy the existing Tibooks if they wanted a 15" laptop not wait for the mythical 15" Albook. It probably wouldn't affect 12/17" sales.

And lastly, this would be revolutionary and would need to be showcased in a Macworld type of megaevent not through an Apple store page update.

seanyepez · Apr 13, 2003, 11:14 PM

Exactly. The 15-inch PowerBook will probably be announced at CREATE in July.

digdog · Apr 14, 2003, 12:08 AM

Originally posted by Icruise:
I'll believe it when I see it. If I had a dime for every "confirmed" rumor I've read...

Or I should change the title to "To be Confirmed"?

Anyway, these news (from Taiwan's business newspapaers) are mostly true, and could be trusted.

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 14, 2003, 12:26 AM

hmm.... well i am excited and sad at the same time

ehehehe its a good thing but hey what about all of us that just got new computers

ASIMO · Apr 14, 2003, 01:31 AM

Yeah, but... When did we start trusting the Chinese? Or the Taiwanese for that matter. Especially the traditional ones.

ddma · Apr 14, 2003, 01:33 AM

"2003. year of the notebooks..."

yes it's still true. according to the article, the tablet 15" will be out in 2004 Q1.

but then we will see "2004. year of the notebooks with a pen..."

digdog · Apr 14, 2003, 01:35 AM

Originally posted by ASIMO:
Yeah, but... When did we start trusting the Chinese? Or the Taiwanese for that matter. Especially the traditional ones.

Since your PowerBook had been made by them?

Naa... Apple trusts them, not us.

beanman · Apr 14, 2003, 02:04 AM

I'll believe it when I see it. I don't care who says they know what and know who inside Apple. As shifty as things are anymore, disinformation seems to be priority with Steve Jobs.

And at the sametime, though...

...I hope to god that if a tablet were to be true, the pen recognition is far superior than any technology out there, including existing PDA's. But that's just a hope.

I can enjoy my 17" in the meantime.

Crusoe · Apr 14, 2003, 03:53 AM

Interesting Post,

I asked or suggested why the 12" was not made to be a tablet mac on the Apple msg boards. It was pulled because they strickly monitor speculative posts but I was thinking I hit close to the mark.

*Dusts off his Newton*

digdog · Apr 14, 2003, 06:43 AM

Dala, here is the news from digitimes:
Apple to launch wireless display PC, sources say (Written in English)

"...Apple Computer plans to launch a wireless display for a desktop system, according to sources. The display is said to resemble a Tablet PC in appearance and include a detachable keyboard but not have a battery. Whether it has handwriting recognition or any screen input capability is unclear..."

"...The Chinese-language Economic Daily News reported today that Quanta had landed orders for a 15-inch Tablet PC-like device, with shipments to begin in the first quarter of 2004..."

Patcarla · Apr 14, 2003, 08:13 AM

Originally posted by digdog:
Dala, here is the news from digitimes:
Apple to launch wireless display PC, sources say (Written in English)

"...Apple Computer plans to launch a wireless display for a desktop system, according to sources. The display is said to resemble a Tablet PC in appearance and include a detachable keyboard but not have a battery. Whether it has handwriting recognition or any screen input capability is unclear..."

"...The Chinese-language Economic Daily News reported today that Quanta had landed orders for a 15-inch Tablet PC-like device, with shipments to begin in the first quarter of 2004..."

That might be true but I'm kind of doubtfull..Digitimes announced in January the production of 15.4" PB and we still don't know if those babies exists...

tooki · Apr 14, 2003, 08:17 PM

Originally posted by digdog:
Or I should change the title to "To be Confirmed"?

Anyway, these news (from Taiwan's business newspapaers) are mostly true, and could be trusted.

I changed it. It's not confirmed until it's on Apple's website, as far as I am concerned.

tooki

gururafiki · Apr 14, 2003, 08:55 PM

just to stir the pot:

http://www.theregister.com/content/39/30239.html

Says there may be a wireless monitor too. That would be really cool...but I will believe when I see it.