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OWC, Axiotron Announce Mac ModBook

by , 4:30 PM EST, January 4th, 2007

Other World Computing and Axiotron jointly announced on Thursday that they are unveiling a tablet-style Mac called the ModBook at Macworld Expo 2007. The ModBook uses Wacom's Penabled hardware for on-screen stylus input, supports Apple's Inkwell technology, includes a built-in iSight camera, a CD/DVD combo drive, an optional Global Positioning System, and a magnesium alloy body.

OWC is not offering much more information on system specifications yet, but will be demonstrating the ModBook at Macworld Expo 2007 next week.

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Close Name:tbone1 -   TMO Staff Posts: 3968 Joined: 13 Jul 2001
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Veddy intellesting ... but stupid!

I might be the only geek on the planet who sees nothing worthwhile about tablets. I just don't see the market being that big, or getting that big.

Close Name:rezonate Posts: 706 Joined: 04 Feb 2005
Subject: Tablet would be a welcome addition

I want a tablet so I can
- leave it on the coffee table for a quick surf while watching tv (cat sits on lap = no room for a laptop)
- read PDFs for school without all the unnecessary hardware (keyboard, trackpad, firewire ports)
- control media being sent to Airport Express from th couch, without having to sit at the mac or buy a mini to hook up to the stereo
- watch DVDs on the airplane
- shuttle files back and forth to work or school

Yes I know there are other solutions that can do all this, but they either require multiple devices, or have screens that are "too small".

My vision is a screen about the size of a MacBook screen, slightly thicker to hold the processor, battery, drive (or flash memory), and DVD drive. Bluetooth would allow use of a keyboard & mouse, WiFi, a couple of USB ports, and a pair of headphone jacks. A built in camera would be nice. Sounds like this product. Hmmm....

Close Name:Jonkun227 Posts: 238 Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Every time I take my daughter to the pediatrician and he opens his laptop and tries to balance it on his knee while he enters information into her chart and brings up whatever literature to print out for me to read I can't help but think that he would do better with a tablet.

Not every computer user sits at a desk. Tablets are an excellent form factor for a variety of uses. Whether or not Apple decides to get into that market is another issue entirely. But to honestly believe that there is no use for a tablet-style computer is just ignorant.



- Jon

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Subject: Business is picking up on tablets.
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Close Name:Intruder -   TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 3013 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
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They are not building Macs. They are modding existing Macbooks. Just a very extreme mod.

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