The Apple Graphics Tablet (1979) – pictured at left – was the beginning of tablet computers at Apple.

苹果绘图板（1979）-如图所示，是苹果平板电脑的开山之作。

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In 2010, Apple finally rolled out its first real tablet computer - the iPad - across several countries. That's over 30 years after the first Apple Graphics tablet was launched.

2010年，苹果最终在很多国家同步发布了第一款真正的平板电脑————iPad，这已经是在苹果开始研发第一款图形界面平板电脑的30年之后了。

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Input methods are limited. Typing on the keyboard is easy, but if you want to draw pictures - well... you could grab a graphics tablet, but that's not as simple as just sketching things on paper.

电脑的输入方式是有限的，在键盘上敲敲打打是很简单，但当我们想要画一幅画时可能就需要一个手写板了，即便如此也不如在纸上涂鸦方便。

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Apple claims the new version of its tablet computer offers 9x the graphics performance of the old model.

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Nintendo once again faces the prospect of 3rd party developers scoffing at their specs and not wanting to either modify their game to have scaled down graphics or use touch controls on the tablet.

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For enthusiasts who like to monitor the operation of their graphics cards, they can now do so through their mobile phone or tablet, even while playing the FPS games, without having to use a separate display.

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