Erica Ogg from CNet believes Apple’s newest operating system, Snow Leopard, is a precursor to the allegedly forthcoming Apple touchscreen tablet.

Of course, the Apple tablet has become the Apple press corps’ version of a Bigfoot hunt. Some believe the evidence is overwhelming. Others are, well, underwhelmed. And Apple doesn’t discuss products before it’s ready to.

However, based on the features demonstrated at the developer conference last week, the newest version of the Mac operating system, OS X 10.6, dubbed Snow Leopard, could turn out to be the most touchscreen-friendly Mac OS the company has ever built. Snow Leopard won’t be available until September, and so far, Apple does not sell a touchscreen notebook or tablet. But some of the features in the upcoming OS at least show a path on which Apple could be headed toward offering a larger touchscreen device.

I’m curious to see the Apple twist to a touchscreen computer. I’m sure the gestures would remain the same from the iPhone, but what would change? What would the on-screen keyboard look like? Would you have a physical keyboard and mouse to use at the office? Would it dock to your desktop or laptop?

Would it be roughly the same size as the original Newton?

Remember the Newton?

Tags: Apple, Tablet, Touchscreen

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