Axiotron, Inc. and Other World Computing have produced a portable tablet computer running Mac OSX for show at the Macworld Expo this week. The Modbook is a hardware modification of Apple’s Macbook, which Axiotron is marketing for $2,279 a piece.

“Each ModBook starts off as a MacBook Core 2 Duo but undergoes a surgical operation where its original display and keyboard are severed, then replaced with a new 13.3-inch Wacom pen enabled widescreen display set in a chrome-plated magnesium top shell.

The device runs the current version of Mac OS X and utilizes that software’s built-in Inkwell handwriting recognition. Meanwhile, the tablet retains all of the hardware features of the current Apple MacBook line, such as a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, an integrated camera and CD/DVD combo drive.”

Also included is Wacom Penabled hardware, the Macbook’s iSight camera and built-in Global Positioning System [the only portable Mac to have GPS]. The Modbook will be available in April to the USA and Canada through Other World Computing.

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