The goal of this petition is to demonstrate, that there are more than enough Mac users (or potential Mac users) that would just love to buy a tablet computer IF IT ONLY WOULD be a Mac! Today the only choice, if one were to buy a tablet computer, is to go and buy a Tablet PC running some Windows XP Edition. We feel that this is plain wrong, given that Apple has spawned the whole PDA industry with the ingenious Newton Message Pad product family and still owns all that incredible know-how and technology. Some of that know-how, like the Inkwell handwriting recognition technology, has already made it into Mac OS X. And boy does it work! With Inkwell being fully integrated into the operating system, handwriting input in basically any Mac application to date is already realized - not to speak of our traditional favorites such as Photoshop, Illustrator and the like, which have plenty of additional built-in features to make good use of a pen input device. It only takes one more little step, building a sleek slate style chassis in which to fit one of the smaller iBook or PowerBook motherboards and voila - we have our Tablet Mac. So Apple, Steve, anybody, give us a Tablet Mac, please. In order to improve our chances, let's also put some "flesh on the bone". So, if / when signing this petition, please also answer the attached questions. This way we can provide some hard "market data" that will help Apple (and us) even further down the road towards getting us a Tablet Mac. (fields marked with * are required) * Name * Email I am...   ... a Mac user a PC user a Linux / UNIX user undecided, which platform to choose I am...   ... waiting for a Tablet Mac shopping for a tablet computer owning a Tablet PC, but would have preferred a Tablet Mac I own the following (combination of) Macs (check all that apply)...   iMac (any LCD = recent model)   Power Macintosh (aluminum = recent model)   old(er) Mac desktop   iBook (white = recent model)   PowerBook (aluminum = recent model)   old(er) Mac laptop If I decide to buy a Tablet Mac...   ... I would add it to my current Mac family I would add it to my iPod (I don't have another Mac) I would replace my current Mac Laptop I would replace my current Mac desktop it would be my first Mac Assuming that the Tablet Mac meets my expectations, I would be willing to spend for a basic configuration...   ... as much as for an iBook ( $1000 to $1,500) as much as for a PowerBook ($1,600 to $2,800) I would like to use my Tablet Mac to (check all that apply)...   write all my notes digitally (instead of using paper)   draw   make presentations   watch movies   iChat "My" Tablet Mac is...   ... a laptop with pen input display that can fold face up a true, slate type tablet with no built-in keyboard The display of "my" Tablet Mac is...   ... smaller than 12" about 12" larger than 12" I also want...   ... iBook-like external video capabilities PowerBook-like external video capabilities It is important that "my" Tablet Mac...   ... is as light and thin and small as possible has everything built in and then some Beside the basic set of ports (USB, FireWire, Ethernet, Audio-in, Audio-out) I want (check all that apply)...   Airport   Bluetooth   GSM / cellular phone networking   iSight-like camera built-in   CD/DVD built-in   PC-card slot Comments? Yes, I want iPetitions to contact me on similar campaigns or petitions.   http://www.thetabletmac.com Petition web statistics: See how this petition is doing on my website http://www.thetabletmac.com The views expressed in this petition are solely those of the petition's sponsor and do not in any way reflect the views of iPetitions. iPetitions is solely a provider of technical services to the petition sponsor and cannot be held liable for any damages or injury or other harm arising from this petition. In the event no adequate sponsor is named, iPetitions will consider the individual account holder with which the petition was created as the lawful sponsor.