New Apple Patent: MacBook tablet hybrid

MacBook will be able to rotate the screen into tablet, the more antennas offer the possibility of the phone.

No need to mark the genius of Steve Jobs can also see more and thinner laptops and tablets are becoming widespread, and the convergence of the two product lines is inevitable. Very trendy, Apple has prepared for this trend.
This week, Apple has been Patent Office issued U.S. patent for a MacBook with mobile antenna and swivel screen. So, the MacBook can be ultra-thin MacBook Air, and supports mobile connectivity with the touch screen like the iPad.
Patents can also become a weapon to battle Apple general offensive against the manufacturer of the PC with Ultrabook troops are landed ready market worldwide. "This is a formal statement to the Windows-Intel alliance, that Apple is now able to confront or defeat Ultrabook design in 2013 when the Intel processor Haswell was born," said Jack Purcher on Patently Apple site.
In May, Intel announced the Ultrabook, given the new laptops, ultra thin and light, to compete directly with Apple's MacBook Air. Ultrabook first wave, based on Intel processors now, began to be marketed. New product line has achieved the criteria for under $ 1,000 and ultra slim design (less than 2 cm) - or in the case of HP's new Folio was published, even if only 1.8 cm thin.
Next year, this platform is expected to further improve with the advent of the microprocessor of Intel Ivy Bridge. Tuesday Ultrabook wave was expected to arrive in 2013, with the advent of the microprocessor Haswell, in which power consumption is only half compared to the current notebook. Some of them will also be installed with Windows 8 Metro interface on the touch screen.

Details of the patent

According Purcher, new Apple patent is for a hinge structure, composition can allow your MacBook as a laptop swivel. He explained that the structure is very similar to the design of generation Ultrabook Monday or Tuesday, allowing the machine into tablets when only the simple needs such as reading, surfing the web and / or scribbled with a smart pen.
For antenna patents, Purcher said that Apple applied for patents in this field for nearly two years. Which shows that the industrial design team of Apple, led by Jony Ive, are trying to create the perfect MacBook with the possibility of a phone.

Quote new biography of Apple founder Steve Jobs, Purcher argued that companies are in a situation similar to deciding to introduce iPhone. At that time, Jobs said the iPhone will "guillotine beauty" of iPod sales.
"This is also true for Ultrabook in the future will be equipped with a microprocessor Haswell, and more importantly, support a swivel screen that allows a notebook into a tablet for more leisurely reading ... "he wrote. "Similarly, Apple must provide a product replacement notebook with tablet PCs or risk their iPad sales were" eating receding "more quickly. With a product 2-in-one, Apple has justify the sales of iPad is reduced if the new MacBook-Tablet benefit directly. "