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Mac tablet with iMac docking station
The piece de resistance of Apple patents.

As gloriously mad as a sack full of otters, this patent shows a computer with a 'standard' iMac design. Standard, that is, other than the fact it has a separate tablet computer that slides into its body behind the screen.

For those who need a computer version of the famous festive dish the Turducken, this is it.

Verdict: 2/10
Ground control to Major Tom? Credit: US Patent and Trademark Office

Credit: US Patent and Trademark Office

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Yeah, right
Unless you have done a reasonable survey of touch typists
to really learn their preferences (nah, didn't think so), it
seems beyond presumptuous to speak for "most of them".
You don't like... (Read the rest)
Posted by: frabjous Posted on: 10/31/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
not so far fetched  mistermachine | 10/30/08
RE: (Gallery: 10 Apple patents to watch )  stevejg61 | 10/30/08
Some of these are VERY old...  Stuka | 10/31/08
RE: (Gallery: 10 Apple patents to watch )  Samic | 10/31/08
Yeah, right  frabjous | 10/31/08
iMac Docking Station  geoguba@... | 10/31/08
The worst part of it is...  GrizzledGeezer | 10/31/08
If they are so obvious and trivial  frgough | 10/31/08
Didn't Apple tinker with this concept before?  ddunn68@... | 10/31/08
Duo Dock  Stuka | 10/31/08
RE: (Gallery: 10 Apple patents to watch )  orimata | 10/31/08
Same here... But...  Paul18992 | 10/31/08
touchpad  rednickja@... | 10/31/08

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