Thursday, January 21, 2010

My iPad wishlist



iTablet, iPad, iSlate, Mac Tablet, whatever it is to be called. I have a bargain to make with you, Apple.

I'm a PC, guy. When I went to school I was trained on a Mac, because well, that is what people did. I work in the Graphic Design field where Macs are considered by most to be the only choice. But I have used a PC in my private life so long that I prefer the capabilities and the fiddly bits under the hood.

Be that as it may, I will change my cyber-religion and convert to the cult of MacFanism if you do one simple little thing. I really, really would love it if the screen on the new iWhatever has the capability interpret at least 512 levels of pressure via a stylus. I'd prefer 2000 levels, but I'll take what I can get.

I'm an illustrator and my holy grail is a fast, solid computer with a slim, one-piece form factor that I can draw directly on. And in order to draw with any kind of fidelity or finesse I need to be able to map Adobe Photoshop to recognize how hard I'm pushing on the screen.

Pretty please. Make this happen and I'll swear off Windows and even stop following Bill Gates on Twitter.

Thank you.