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By Yeong Ah Seng
| Axiotron Modbook 'Mac Tablet' |
| » Price: Brand-new Modbook ($2,770). Cost of converting a MacBook into a Modbook ($1,180). For more information on other upgrade options, visit http://www.simplymac.sg/ |
RUMOURS of an impending Mac Tablet abound on the Net.
Those who cannot wait would be happy to know that a modified MacBook fitted with a Wacom Penabled digitiser is now available in Singapore.
Simply Mac, a local company, can convert older preunibody MacBooks into "Mac Tablets".
Although the Axiotron Modbook is hardly the slim, sexy tablet computer many are expecting Steve Jobs to announce in the near future, the converted tablet works as well as any I have seen.
Both the keyboard and screen of the MacBook have been ripped out and replaced with the Wacom digitiser.
As it is a pen-enabled device, there is no touch input.
The 13.3-inch TFT display is not as responsive as one would like but, nonetheless, it can be mastered with some practice.
The Modbook is well-suited for artists and photographers who would find it most useful to operate Photoshop and other Paint programs with a pen.
As for general users, people who enjoy doodling and scribbling notes may also find the Modbook attractive.
The one thing that's not so good about this tablet is its weight.
The MacBook is not light to begin with and the converted tablet (even after taking away the MacBook keyboard and screen) is even heavier.
The Modbook is, at best, an interim product - assuming that Apple will eventually introduce the long-awaited tablet.
If not, it will be the only "Mac Tablet" available.
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