Comments on: ModBook Makes Apple Tablet a Reality

By: Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS | Iphone Study Blog

Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS | Iphone Study Blog — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:01:49 +0000

[...] you’ve got one of Axiotron’s awesome Modbooks, and you’re running Snow Leopard, you may have already stumbled across a few features that [...]

By: Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS » Snow, Keyboard, Viewer, Leopard, Wacom, Dock » Mac OS X Fans

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:38:48 +0000

[...] you’ve got one of Axiotron’s awesome Modbooks, and you’re running Snow Leopard, you may have already stumbled across a few features that [...]

By: Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS

Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:01:20 +0000

[...] you’ve got one of Axiotron’s awesome Modbooks, and you’re running Snow Leopard, you may have already stumbled across a few features that [...]

By: Autodesk Serving Up Sketchbook Express With Axiotron Apple Tablet | TheAppleBlog

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:00:56 +0000

[...] likely you’ve heard mention of the Axiotron Modbook, the third party (and only) Apple tablet computing solution, but I like talking about it anyway. [...]

By: ModBook Unveiled, No One Notices at The Apple Blog

ModBook Unveiled, No One Notices at The Apple Blog — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:10:00 +0000

[...] It seems that with all the hubbub over a certain other electronic manufacturer’s new tablet-esque device, no one noticed toady’s official unveiling of the Axiotron ModBook, the first OS X-wielding commercial tablet. We previously reported on a few of the specs, but we now know it’ll come in three flavors; a 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo model with 512 MB RAM, a 60 GB HDD, Combo Drive, and no GPS; a 2.0 GHz model with 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD, SuperDrive and GPS; and another 2.0 GHz dream machine with a whopping 160 GB HDD and 2 GB RAM, as well as a SuperDrive and GPS. With a thin aluminum shell, the ModBook definitely has looks going for it, when many people thought a tablet hack couldn’t come close to Apple’s design. However, with its looks comes a price tag to match: the cheapest ModBook is $2279, more than twice as much as the MacBook it shares components with. The higher-specced models go for $300 more than the last, with the medium machine going for $2579, and the best and brightest going for $2879. For those who are willing to jump on the early adopter bandwagon and pre-order before anyone gets their hands on it, there’s a bonus: the $2279 is selling for $80 less until it ships, and each of the higher models is selling for $180 less. With a 15″ MacBook Pro as my constant companion, it’s hard for me to justify that high a price, however enticing the ModBook is, but I’m sure this is the answer to the prayers of many a Mac user, and if successful might even show Apple that a Newton 2.0 isn’t such a bad idea after all. By Richard Neal in Deals, Hardware and Commentary. [...]

By: Yours truly

Yours truly — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:26:12 +0000

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ModBook

By: Yours truly

Yours truly — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:24:09 +0000

Bla, bla, bla!!! See it yourself

By: Majo

Majo — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:43:10 +0000

Modbook is now a reality!!!

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ModBook

By: Kyle Korleski

Kyle Korleski — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:53:27 +0000

I wonder if it is a kit to modify our existing MacBooks or if it’s just a re-engineered MacBook with tablet features and tendencies.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:50:20 +0000

I agree with Grant, I’ll wait for Apple to unleash their take on a tablet.

After the patents they filed with those exchangeable input devices like keyboard and such, they are probably working on a tablet but with an Apple twist.

I’m starting to get tired of all the pseudo-scoops and thrillers and guessing games. A little was fun before but it is now out of control.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:59:17 +0000

I wonder what the cost of this tablet will actually be…

It will not be an option for the average mac user, though I can see the uber Apple nerds getting right into this one.

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:29:09 +0000

No Apple support, Combo drive (they still make those?, no apple support, no apple design, not built from a pro model but will surely cost more than a pro machine, no Apple support, recognition software that is already in OS X, no Apple support.

The design could be decent, but it won’t be Apple and won’t be supported. I have had enough bad hard drives and bad mother boards to not want anything to do with a modded Apple product that is supported by some company somewhere. Logic board fails, I am out my machine for weeks and weeks, and I am to pay a premium for this privilege? No thanks, I will buy a Bluetooth Graphire to go wiht my MBP and utilize some hand to eye coordination. But that is just me.

By: vanni

vanni — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:49:29 +0000

…might it not be the new uber cool 10-12 inch macbok pro?

By: Nick Santilli

Nick Santilli — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:33:44 +0000

Haha, yeah, interesting sounding, isn’t it??
And I wouldn’t say it would be undesired by yours truly. :) I just think were Apple to do it, it’d be in a design that would make us all drool. OWC will probably make a nice stab at it, but will it be everything you’d expect from an Apple product? I’m skeptical.
Either way, it’ll be nice to see an Apple-based option in some form – and I bet all the artistas out there will enjoy drawing right on their ModBook in Illustrator (for example).