"Magic Slate" to be unveiled today at WWDC?

If this is real, it would be a very cool peripheral. I'm not sure the design from the pics fits typical Apple design though.

I have to have one...omg I am dying for this...please let this one be true

Looks interesting. I'm not sure I'd like to use a track-pad as my primary input device though. They seem to hurt after a while since there's not really any tactile feedback.

I've been waiting for this since Jan 2009! A large-scale multi-touch trackpad to use on my Mac Pro would be ideal. Steve must have read my post last year =;-)

Can't believe nobody's mentioning this in the same sentence as the new HDMI-enabled Mac Minis - it wouldn't quite be a "TV" solution (unless Apple really comes under the radar with a TV input), but it would be a killer internet video solution.

Official prezentations photos of Magic Trackpad


http://www.letemsvetemapplem.eu/2010/06/07/oficialni-prezentacni-fotografie-apple-magic-trackpad/

I think the argument regarding mainstream usability is entirely valid. Mainstream consumers will be sticking with mice for a long time to come. I have to say, my main concern in leaving my Macbook Pro behind for an iMac is the lack of gesture based support as it makes life so much easier when navigating and organising windows. Yet, although I love my multi-touch trackpad, I would rather have a mouse for fine control and having both seems a little cumbersome.

If this is real, Apple won't be selling them by the boat load I don't think.

Tragic Macpad?

So there really is a Maxi-Pad.

Engadget has updated their article: the trackpad would support handwritten input. Now I'm interested, especially if it will work through normal paper.

I'm always looking for a good tablet to be used with my Mac, right now I have a Wacom. I'd favor using an iPad as tablet but that seems too ambitious.

@Ben: relative failure of the magic mouse? I've never had a mouse like that one. I love it, although I use MagicPrefs to customize the mouse (like middle-click, and I tweaked the touch ranges a bit to match my fingers).