[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]They didn't bring touch to Macs because touch only makes sense on handheld devices and kiosks. It's not a new idea, it's not new technology and it's not innovative. It's just a gimmick, there will be a wave of touch enabled PCs and then they'll quietly go away, just like previous gimmicks like voice recognition and 3D.As for Apple, they've made a killiing in the last 10 years with iPod, iPhone and iPad. Now they're just making obscene profits and probably working on something new that may be 2 or 5 years out. You can't expect a company to come out with an insanely profitable game-changer every few years. They dominated the MP3 player market with iPod, they dominated the smartphone market with iPhone and they dominated the tablet market with iPad. When was the last time Microsoft pulled off something like that? Windows 95 and Office were their last game-changers that they just built on over the years. Zune was a failure, Kin was a failure, Windows Phone was and is a failure and Xbox wasn't dominant in the console market at any point (it was a multi-billion hole for Microsoft and it was being outsold by Wii 2:1). So yeah, Microsoft is really changing the world with their square widgets, sorry, "Live tiles" and their kickstand equipped tablet. Amazing innovation.[/citation]
voice recognition is getting there, i use dragon on and off for dictation, paired with a good mic, its so much better than typing for me (im 23wpm at best)
3d, in a desktop environment, yea i can see that failing, but i also see vr and possibly a 3d flat desktop, something that could simulate 24+ monitors of screen relestate.
point being, tech needs to catch up to ideas.
on a desktop, you need a 2-300$ monitor mount so you can get the screen into your lap comfortably, and back up as a monitor when you are done. that si something that none o these monitors ship with yet. and the good touch is reserved for monitors that are wacom branded and i believe at least 1500$ with the good ones at 2500$
[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]Did you know in 2007 they were going to release the iPad in 2010? Did you know in 2004 they were going to release the iPhone in 2007? Who knows what they're working on? How often must a company come up with a game-changing product? It's been 2 years since the first iPad, do they have to come up with such a product every 2 years? What does that say about Microsoft and Google? What were their game-changing products in the last 2 years or 5 years for that matter?[/citation]
the people who follow apple, they were predicting the slate (ipad) for a good 10 years and when the ipod came around they were wondering what they would put it in next. the iphone, as much as an inovation as it was, was really an ipod a phone and a camera with some power for simple web browsing... an idea that isnt that hard to imagine even back than, i mean there were pda phones right?