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Axiotron Modbook upgrade: not quite 2 minutes, but overnight ain't bad

by Robert Palmer (Feb 12th, 2009)

If you have $1,149 to spend, TechRestore can convert your MacBook into an Axiotron ModBook overnight during the work-week. They've put together a little stop-motion video, even, to show you how it's done. The $1,149 price is good through March 6. Overnight delivery options are an extra $29 to $99, ...

Macworld 2009: Axiotron Modbook Pro

by Steven Sande (Jan 8th, 2009)

Simply stated, it's the fastest tablet computer on the planet, and it's a Mac. Axiotron surprised everyone in 2007 by demoing a tablet Mac, the Modbook, made by transferring the inner workings of a stock Apple MacBook to a new chassis with a touch / pen interface. At Macworld Expo 2008, the Modbook ...

Woz gets a new job

by Steven Sande (Dec 22nd, 2008)

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak seems to be a lot more visible lately. First, he's been making bad web ads for SCOTTEVEST. Next, we received pictures of Woz whizzing from the deck of his Segway. He was fined US$700 for driving his Prius at 104 miles per hour (167 kilometers per hour) on I-5. At last, ...

TUAW reviews the Axiotron ModBook

by Brett Terpstra (May 1st, 2008)

Axiotron's ModBook has been making a stir for a while, so we're pleased to have the opportunity to take it for a spin. In case you haven't seen it before, it's a MacBook that's been modified into a slate-style tablet computer, and it's stiff competition for any tablet PC (for many reasons, not the ...

Mahalo Daily visits the ModBook folks

by Mike Schramm (Mar 7th, 2008)

Our good friends at Mahalo Daily took this short look at the Axiotron ModBook, which (you've probably seen) is a modified MacBook that's been turned into a tablet computer. I learned a couple of interesting things about the device -- first of all, it's not a touchscreen, it's really a tablet, which ...

Pictures of the ModBook Mac Tablet in the wild

by Laurie A. Duncan (Jan 5th, 2007)

We got a tip that some pics of the ModBook, the Macbook-based tablet product from OWC and Axiotron, have surfaced on the MacResource Forums. How convenient for us! Just one pic that I can find and it's a rendering, not an actual product shot. From the looks of it, it's a "clamshell" mod that ...