As much as I agree that Apple is not in the process of making a tablet, and that all this tablet talk is basically a projection of everyone's wildest fantasies, I think that the fact that the Apple Fans continue to basically beg Apple for the tablet will mean something to Apple. We know Apple would never release a product that was less than worthy of the Apple logo, which temporarily rules out the possibility of cheap netbooks, and also, for now, the mac tablet. As was pointed out already, there is a Modbook tablet available that has the blessing of Apple, but it has a hefty price tag. I think Apple knows they are not in the position to produce an afforable tablet themselves and once they can create something that is more than what everyone could expect from it and also a marketable price, we will perhaps get what we have been wishing for.