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[Carlos_E]

Carlos,

I've got the Intel so I'm set. One more quick question:

Is the installation of Windows onto the Mac a process which I can do on my own? I should note, I am not the handiest person with computers (part of the reason for using Macs).

It's very easy to do.

1. Download Boot Camp from here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
2. Install Boot Camp.
3. Burn a Mac drivers CD.
4. Reboot.
5. You will need a Windows XP SP2 CD and serial number.
6. Install Windows.

If you have IM PM me your name and I can talk you through the install.

[Carlos_E]

Other World Computing pre-announced the Axiotron ModBook today.... a 3rd party Mac "tablet computer solution".

The ModBook is a Mac tablet computer solution with these features:

• Write and draw directly on screen!
• True pen & handwriting recognition
• Built in iSight Camera
• Integrated CD/DVD combo drive
• The ONLY Mac solution with an optional built-in Global Positioning System
• Aircraft grade magnesium alloy for all terrain use

The ModBook will apparently be a heavily modified MacBook in the tablet form-factor and will be officially unveiled at Macworld Expo on January 9th. A hands-on trial of the device will be available at that time.

A veiled image of the product can be seen at at http://www.axiotron.com/.

This year, MacRumors will be posting photos and reports from Macworld booths. A Macworld San Francisco sub-forum has been opened and we encourage vendors to register and participate in the discussion of their products.

Axiotron today together with Other World Computing (OWC) unveiled the ModBook, the first ever Mac OS X tablet computer. "Built for mobile users, artists, students, medical practitioners and professionals, the Axiotron ModBook enables its user to draw and write directly on the screen, while the handwriting recognition built into Mac OS X Tiger not only turns hand scribbles into text in every application, but also provides extended control of the system through gesture recognition," said Andreas Haas, president of Axiotron. "If your favored input device is the pen, then this is the Mac tablet solution for you." The Axiotron ModBook is an after-market hardware modification of Apple's MacBook, adding true pen input with a 13.3-inch LCD and an optional Global Positioning System in a satin chrome-plated magnesium top shell. The notebooks maintains the features of Apple's base MacBook system, and offers handwriting recognition. Users can select up to a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor to accompany the integrated iSight camera and CD/DVD combo drive. The ModBook is priced at $2,780.

[Carlos_E]

[Carlos_E]