Geek Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="600" height="371" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bcpF9P-1iqI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Ever wondered how <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> would work with a large touch screen? Curious how <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a> would perform on a bigger screen than the iPad’s 9.7″ display? These videos will show you how both of Apple’s fine OS’s look on a 21″ touch panel. The Mac OS X video is shown above and the iOS video is embedded below.</p> <p><span id="more-17648"></span> <iframe width="600" height="371" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pzfLhZT72ew?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>No, this is not some sneak peak at an upcoming Apple product. It’s a Dell ST2220T multi-touch monitor hooked up to a Mac, and iOS is running in the same iPad simulator that installs with Xcode and the iOS development toolkit. Usability and practicality aside, it does show an interesting proof of concept.</p> <p>It is vaguely possible something similar to this will appear in Apple’s lineup down the road. Last year Apple was awarded a patent that showed an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/23/imac-touch-runs-mac-ios/">iMac touch</a> that ran both Mac OS X and iOS, depending on how the screen was orientated, and several other touchscreen Mac <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/apple-patent/">patents</a> have been awarded to Apple, ranging from general a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/09/new-mac-touch-patent/">Mac-like touch UI</a> to full blown <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/21/macbook-touch-screen/">touchscreen MacBooks</a>. Patents don’t necessarily mean any such imminent product, but it does demonstrate that Apple is exploring the idea.</p> <p>Will we ever see a touchscreen Mac? Probably not in it’s current form, but you just never know.</p> <p>Videos found via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/stroughtonsmith/status/82750771925483520">Twitter</a> & <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/9to5mac/status/82791456867233795">9to5mac</a></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rSRA7ep3cdh0PydM5x4ByX3-rAI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rSRA7ep3cdh0PydM5x4ByX3-rAI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rSRA7ep3cdh0PydM5x4ByX3-rAI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rSRA7ep3cdh0PydM5x4ByX3-rAI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BRhcAEw0ArA:TEf9ZYuxa1Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BRhcAEw0ArA:TEf9ZYuxa1Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=BRhcAEw0ArA:TEf9ZYuxa1Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BRhcAEw0ArA:TEf9ZYuxa1Y:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=BRhcAEw0ArA:TEf9ZYuxa1Y:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BRhcAEw0ArA:TEf9ZYuxa1Y:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BRhcAEw0ArA:TEf9ZYuxa1Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/BRhcAEw0ArA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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