This weekend's launch of Apple's iPad in the US – with an international debut expected later in the month – will be a polarising moment. The television news will linger on the queues outside Apple stores, and fans will be seen drooling over these latest shiny objects of techno-lust. Doubters, meanwhile, will point out that general purpose tablet-style computers such as this have always bombed before – and if the touch-screen interface is so revolutionary, why is Apple going to sell an old-fashioned keyboard to plug into it?
當蘋果公司(Apple)本週末在美國推出iPad（預計本月晚些時候在國際市場推出）時，將引發兩種截然不同的反應。電視新聞會把鏡頭長時間對準蘋果專賣店外的長隊，以及蘋果粉絲們是如何垂涎於這些亮麗的、吸引科技迷們的新產品。而與此同時，懷疑人士則會指出，這類多功能平板電腦以往在市場中一直遭遇慘敗——而且，如果觸控屏介面真的如此具有革命性，那麼蘋果公司爲何還打算出售供iPad外接的老式鍵盤呢？
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