MWSF: Axiotron showcases Modbook
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 14, 2008 at 12:45pm
Axiotron, a hardware solution provider, is showcasing the Modbook, an Apple-authorized tablet Mac solution, at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo. The only Mac-based tablet computer on the market, Axiotron’s Modbook integrates a Wacom digitized pen-sensitive LCD slate-style display with the MacBook’s ease of use and design sensibility.
The Modbook offers 512 levels of pressure sensitivity—twice the pen sensitivity and control of any tablet PC on the market. Each model comes pre-installed with Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”), built-in Inkwell handwriting recognition, a 2.0GHz or 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a built-in iSight camera and an integrated 24x DVD Combo drive or 8x DVD SuperDrive. Also, every Modbook features a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS).
In addition to all of the features of the MacBook base system, the Axiotron Modbook’s largest-in-class wide angle 13.3-inch widescreen display offers wider viewing angles and a higher contrast ratio, resulting in darker blacks and more vivid, saturated colors while maintaining the same resolution and aspect ratio of the original MacBook display, Haas says. Both the Modbook’s top shell and the interior display frame are built from aircraft quality magnesium alloy. It has a triple layer of metal plating—nickel over copper and topped with chrome—and is available in standard satin or optional mirror finish. The Modbook has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of US$2,290 and is available in the U.S. and Canada exclusively through Axiotron authorized resellers.
The “Macsimum MWSF 2007 Coupon Book” is available for download. You can find it here and print it as a PDF. It has discounts, special offers and promotions in conjunction with the upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
