The Apple Tablet – Finally Coming to the People

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The Apple Tablet – Finally Coming to the People

Posted on 27 January 2007 by Mitchell Oke

For years people have been waiting to Apple to release a competitor to Microsoft’s Tablet PC, but it appears they have been beaten to it by a company called Axiotron who have taken things into their own hands by producing a heavily modified MacBook that includes a new 13.3″ LCD with a hardened surface and a Wacom digitizer the offers all the benefits only a Wacom can (like pressure sensitivity).

This gorgeous tablet is now available for pre-order from Other World Computing in three configurations which adjust the CPU, RAM, HDD, Optical Drive. Every pre-ordered ModBook includes a GPS receiver, but after the offer ends only the two top configurations do.

The lucky guys over at MacWorld got to try one out, and Johnathan Seff has made a short video demonstrating the ModBook and its Tablet PC abilities. They have also posted a First Look article which goes into more detail.

This isn’t the first “Apple Tablet” however. Back in 2004 a fellow by the name of Joseph DeRuvo Jr. published an article about his creation which be dubbed the i-Tablet, a modified iBook that accomplishes similar goals to the ModBook.

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Mitchell Oke is a 22 year old Bachelor of Creative Technology (Digital Video Production) from Sydney, Australia. He's previously worked for News Ltd as a Multimedia Producer, and currently works as a freelance editor and videographer. He has a great love for gadgets and cars, always wanting to have the latest and greatest phones, notebooks and other electronic toys. He is a huge fan of Star Trek, Top Gear and Seinfeld, citing them as his favourite TV shows. In December 2006 he became a Mac convert, having used Windows since he was 5.

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http://www.jerryraia.com Jerry Raia
It looks kinda large for a tablet.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Hughes
You’re just spoiled by the 12″ screen /14.5″ case size of the Fuji.
Elo
Not to be fussy or anything but can we actually call that thing an “Apple Tablet” ? It’s more a tablet with Mac OS on it and it if I’m not mistaken it has nothing to do with Apple labs, does it ?
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Hughes
Well, Axiotron is actually calling it the “Axiotron ModBook Mac Tablet”. So technically no – it is not an Apple Tablet.
It may be the closest thing Mac users ever get to an “Apple Tablet”, however…which is a shame.
http://www.geardiary.com Mitchell Oke
Well its an Apple computer converted into a tablet-style form factor, so I’d say for the moment this is the Apple Tablet. That is until Apple get their act together. I mean if these guys can make something like this that is so professional by modifying an off-the-shelf product, how hard can it be fore Apple to make?