Macworld: Axiotron Inc. releases ModBook, the first Mac OS X tablet computer
Axiotron has released the first ever tablet computer that runs Mac OSX (you know, the OS that the iPhone has on it). It was rumored that a Mac tablet would be unveiled, and that it wouldn’t be Apple that did it; these rumors have turned out to be true. Here is some interesting information that the press release contains:
The Axiotron ModBook is an after-market hardware modification solution of the Apple MacBook notebook computer, adding true pen input, a new 13.3″ wide screen LCD and an optional Global Positioning System in a tough, satin chrome plated magnesium top shell, while keeping all the powerful features of the MacBook base system.
That means that you buying a ModBook isn’t really buying a completely new product. The ModBook is precisely what its name implies, a modification of the MacBook that turns it into a tablet computer. Pricing of the ModBook is such that suggested retail prices begin at $2,279.