MacBook Pro is a pretty nifty device, but when you turn it into a tablet by customization you can make it even cooler. The result is the Modbook Pro, announced today and packing a 13.3 inch display. The product is expected for release on October 3rd and the folks of Modbook were somehow able to surpass the locking mechanism on Apple OS X and create a tablet with this OS and touch input on board.
A SSD was also included, to try and make the device thinner. The device comes with a 13.3 inch display with support for pen input, 64 GB of solid state drive storage, with the option of upgrading to 480 GB of SSD storage, if the user wants it. The ship date for the slate is mid November and the device combines the original hardware of the Apple MacBook Pro with OS X Mountain Lion and a digitizer from Wacom, supporting 512 levels of pen pressure sensitivity. There’s also a ForceGlass pen interface in the mix, with the ability to work with Windows 7 as well.
The base configuration of the device includes a 64 GB Nishara class SATA 3 SSD with NAND technology. Sales of the ModBook Pro start on Wednesday and shipment is scheduled for USA clients only around November. It’s important to note that the ModBook is not an original Apple product and only a modification of an Apple gadget and they’re careful to specify that. Obviously warranty is not available…
