What would be a cool concept for a Tablet PC

[TSE]

I had a top of the line Tablet PC for a really short time, a Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad X60t and I loved to use the touch screen while on the couch to browse the web and such. It was a lot easier to use than a keyboard.

However, it was still somewhat inconvenient because of the thickness. I notice a lot of the tablet laptop PCs are THICK.

Why doesn't a computer manufacturer design a tablet laptop PC where all the innards are built into the screen, so that if you want to use it as a laptop you can, and when you want to use it as a tablet you simply disconnect the screen from the keyboard?

Just wondering what you guys might see wrong with this? Should I get my patent lawyer out right now?

 

[ChazUK]

I had a top of the line Tablet PC for a really short time, a Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad X60t and I loved to use the touch screen while on the couch to browse the web and such. It was a lot easier to use than a keyboard.

However, it was still somewhat inconvenient because of the thickness. I notice a lot of the tablet laptop PCs are THICK.

Why doesn't a computer manufacturer design a tablet laptop PC where all the innards are built into the screen, so that if you want to use it as a laptop you can, and when you want to use it as a tablet you simply disconnect the screen from the keyboard?

Just wondering what you guys might see wrong with this? Should I get my patent lawyer out right now?

Ever heard of the HP TC1100 Tablet PC? Old by today's standard but it was built in the exact manner you stated above!

I used to have one as my work laptop/pc & I loved using the thing back in the day.

 

[R94N]

Interesting idea, isn't that a bit like what that touchscreen iMac was that Apple patented the design for a while ago - you could move the screen and it could switch from OS X to iOS4, apparently.

 

[kdarling]

You mean like the...

Always Innovating Touch Book