Did not happen. Only

David Kuan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:55:39 -0500

Did not happen. Only hardware announced was a 17" MacBook Pro.

Apple announces Mac tablet at Macworld 2009?

David Kuan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:29:45 -0500

Judgment on January 6, 2009: This announcement was not made during the 2009 SF keynote, which the community correctly predicted. This ancient rumor will likely continue to live on for years to come. -- The Industry Standard

Original prediction:

On August 28, the US Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple.

According to AppleInsider:

"Apple Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run an undiluted version of the Mac OS X operating system."

Could this 6 year old rumor finally come true?

A favorable judgement will be made on this prediction if an announcement is made by the end of the keynote speech, meeting ALL of the following criteria:

Announcement is made by the conclusion of Macworld Expo keynote speech on, January 5, 2009
Device is a Mac tablet computer or a mini-tablet Mac, running a full version of OS X
Device has multitouch capabilities on the main screen

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Apple announces Mac tablet at Macworld 2009?