It is an interesting concept.
I purchased a StormFly off of Kickstarter which allows you to boot into Ubuntu from a Mac or most PCs directly to a USB. If a tablet had a USB port and the right type of processor this would work I think.
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, Tony <tdale@...> wrote:
>
> Yep, sound points.
>
> It would be optional as you don't need to buy it or use it. Off course a suggestion as yours as Surface was supposed to be would be ideal, or in the form of a netbook, but the issue is cost. An Apple version of Surface would be expensive as would an Apple netbook. A dock that combined your existing processing power, memory and screen would be fairly cheap. Complicated, I don't feel so, no less so than setting iTunes to sync to our iDevices as now.
>
> I see it as an innovation rather than a fantasy. Its more or less been done now with Surface, that has failed due to cost and poor implementation
>
> To me, the issue is not about how many iPhones will we sell, its about getting users into the Apple ecosystem and having them contribute to revenue ongoingly, a low cost dock would add one more level of choice, integration
>
> From: David H. Bailey <dhbailey52@...>
> To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, 26 July 2013 9:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [iPad] OT: Ubuntu/Android Dual boot PC Phone
>
>
> On 7/25/2013 4:51 PM, Tony wrote:
> >
> >
> > I thought about this too.
> > Imagine a dock, lets call it iDock.
> > 1. It could just be a connector that when OSX is booted, it sees the
> > iPhone and iPad CPU, GPU, Ram, and storage as one device.
> > 2. Or it includes extra battery and flash storage where OSX may live.
> > If OSX was synced from yours at home with checkboxes to sync what you
> > want on the run (to reduce storage), wow, nice. iDock would include a
> > keyboard, the iPad screen is used. Be same size as an iPad, a bit
> > thicker, so still portable.
> > Downside? The only one I feel is will this reduce sales of Air, base MBP
> > or Mac Mini?
> >
> [snip]
>
> While I don't begrudge anybody else their fantasies, I would hope that
> this would all be totally optional.
>
> Sounds way too complicated for what many of us bought iPads for in the
> first place..
>
> It also sounds like it would just be easier/better for Apple to make a
> notebook with a touchscreen which can be swiveled so it can act as a
> tablet. Use an SSD drive so there would be no moving parts and the body
> could be made thinner, then iOS could be dispensed with, OSX would be
> all that would be needed, the device would have terrific battery life
> and we wouldn't need to decide what we would have to sync to use on the run.
>
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