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Wow, this is the first time I've ever agreed with something on this site. I think you're absolutely right about a CS3-type suite from Apple. And, iWeb Pro, or whatever, will certainly be a competitor to DreamWeaver, too. But, they have to have a twist. What will it be? It will have a touch interface, so that when the rumored new touch displays come out (and eventually MacBooks & MacBookPro touch screens come out), you'll be able to do editing and drawing with your fingers--and a mouse, of course. The mouse won't go away for detail work. It's not as silly as it sounds.

OMG, it's literally taking *hours* to install Win2k on Q. And my Power Mac G5 dual 2 GHz fans have been blowing like crazy the whole time. This is not a useful tool for PowerPC-based products.

> Take a look at the price of OSX, and take a look at the price of the least expensive iBook. The margins that one can take out of the price of OSX are a lot smaller than those that one can take out of an inexpensive iBook. rogueprof, that's completely backwards. Profits on software are *far higher* than profits on hardware.

Great title. And this is the best article I've seen posted on AppleMatters.

Bad Beaver, > We will just have a new smart folder “sync these files to iTablet” and that’s it. Oh, I like that a lot. Great idea. > *cough* FireWire *cough* Well, they just took Firewire out of the iPod, so I'm thinking Apple's moving away from it. That's too bad, since it feels so much faster than USB. But cheap is cheap, and Apple is competing more on price now.

As Hywel said, "it depends". As Waa said, "Doesn't every new Mac come with the current version of iLife?" And AppleWorks; and if Apple gets around to getting a spreadsheet and "FileMaker Lite" into iWorks, that'll probably come with new Intel Macs instead of AppleWorks. (So *that's* why they wrote AppleWorks from the ground up--it would never run on Intel.) So if your new consumer Mac comes with Safari, Mail, Address Book, iCal, iChat, iLife, iWork . . . what else *do* you need? For the average consumer: not much. And if iPhoto 2006 has even 10% of the features of Aperture, you probably won't need Photoshop Elements unless you're doing retouching. Apple provides a complete hardware/software solution. Compare that to Windows boxes with crippled demoware. Big difference. All Apple needs now is for iWork to include iMoney and you'd be all set.

Hi, Vets. Welcome to the thread. My apologies for the all-caps. What can I say--it was a weak moment. :-) Vets said, " ...and by the way I hope you have fun watching videos on your $3000 tiny assed screen!" Ah, but that's my point--it won't be $3000 because that's one of the primary problems with Windows tablets: they're too expensive. Normal people just don't buy $3000 computers anymore. That's so 1980s. ;-) Vets said, "Just because you are a brainless zombie that does nothing but absorb the world around you, doesn’t mean others are too! (how do you think you’re able to consume all this stuff if no one is CREATING?!" Ah, but I do create--quite a bit, actually. My main computer is a dual 2.0 GHz G5 with a 24-inch screen. Now that's a photo-editing station. A tablet is not a heavy-duty photo editing station or a video editing station. The screen is way too small. Apple promoted large, widescreen monitors so you can fit all your palettes on the screen while editing your image. You can't do that on a 8-inch, 10-inch, or even a 12-inch monitor. Oh, sure, maybe some basic iPhoto retouching (red eye removal, autofix, basic cropping) but that's about it. Vets, you're making the same mistake that Chris is making. You're thinking of a tablet as a desktop replacement. But it won't be. Repeat after me: A tablet is not a desktop replacement. A tablet is not a desktop replacement..... A tablet is an accessory, just like an iPod. Do you do any creating on an iPod? Well, sure, you can rate songs and create on-the-go playlists, but that's about it. An Apple tablet would be an iPod/VideoPod/PDA supercombo device. You'll be able to do some creating (iPhoto, iCal, Address Book, e-mail, Pages, etc.) but it won't be your primary input device. Your primary input device will still be your desktop or laptop. Anyone who thinks a tablet is going to be a Photoshop or Final Cut Pro or DVD Studio Pro workstation is on drugs. An Apple tablet will be a consumer device, like an iPod. People won't think of it as a "computer". It probably won't be called a "Mac".