Comments on: Apple tablet: Mac OS, or iPhone OS?

By: Ian Betteridge

Ian Betteridge — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:30:52 +0000

Well there is a difference, Rob: To all intents and purposes, iPhone OS X is now a “real” operating system. It’s probably got more applications available than the Mac version these days.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:45:10 +0000

This would be bad strategy, if true, just opening the door for other touchscreen tablet vendors willing to run real operating systems. Hard to believe that Apple would do this. They must know this is not the same as the cell phone market.

By: Udo

Udo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:02:05 +0000

I don’t have anything against an OS that’s optimized for touch UI. However, there is no way in hell that I’ll pony up the 500+ EUR this thing will cost for a device I don’t have any control over, a device that won’t let me install what I want, a tightly controlled appliance. No way, especially after the App Store disasters recently.